Keep Systems Safe: Patch Alternative Browsers

As alternative browsers battle for the top spot in the market, they also face the challenge of staying secure due to the increased demand for them to provide users a safe computing experience.
Several popular browsers were recently found to have significant security flaws. Topping the list was Internet Explorer (IE), which was found to have two separate security vulnerabilities in March alone.
Firefox likewise made headlines with its own security flaw, which was severe enough to prompt the German government to issue a warning against Mozilla. The vulnerability in question, however, has already been addressed with the recent release of Firefox 3.6.2.
Other browsers like Opera and Safari were also found to have their own flaws. Both of which, however, have already been patched. Well-known security expert Charlie Miller said he has more Safari zero-day flaws to publicly reveal, which is not good for Safari and Google Chrome, which use the same underlying WebKit rendering engine.
Trend Micro researcher Rajiv Motwani says, “Apart from the above-mentioned flaws, we cannot even begin to guess how many are currently being exploited in the wild. We also forget that a large number of users do not actually patch their systems.” He further adds that there are several reasons why users do not patch their systems. These include the nonavailability of a centralized automatic (continue reading...)