Firefox and Mac security sanctuaries 'under attack'

Firefox and Mac security sanctuaries 'under attack'
John Leyden, The Register 2005-09-19

Symantec has attacked the perceived security advantages of Firefox and Apple Macs by drawing unfavourable comparisons with Microsoft's software and describing Mac fans as living in a "false paradise". According to the latest edition of Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, 25 vulnerabilities were disclosed for Mozilla browsers and 13 for Microsoft Internet Explorer in the first half of 2005.

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Firefox and Mac security sanctuaries 'under attack' 2005-09-20
neohx_7

Firefox and Mac security sanctuaries 'under attack' 2005-09-21
pixelfairy

symantic makes money from microsofts failings (or at least the perception thereof) people jumping to mac means less customers, since apple handles the mac security problems pretty well.

people using firefox means less IE only web sites, meaning people *can* jump from windows. meaning less customers.

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