Firefox Still Tops IE for Browser Security - EWeek
Posted on Sep 30, 2005
A couple weeks ago I blogged about Symantec's claims regarding the vulnerabilities of Firefox versus IE. As a follow up, a friend sent me a good opinion article by EWeek's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. In it, he debunks the 25 (FF) to 13 vulnerabilities comparison in part because of the speed of patching I mentioned previously, but also the numbers themselves appear to have been false. According to his source at Symantec:
"In the last reporting period, the second half of last year, Microsoft had acknowledged 13 vulnerabilities. We've now revised it to 31. The difference is that now Microsoft has acknowledged these vulnerabilities."
Well, that is a significant difference, and, if true, I take issue with Symantec's reporting altogether for spreading false perceptions. As with many things, the original number is widely reported while the revision goes generally unnoticed.
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