Recently a survey was conducted that claims that Firefox is just as popular as IE when it comes to security type. Though Microsoft’s IE browser is all the rage amongst computers users, but yet when there is a matter of security, Mozilla’s Firefox open source browser is an even contender, and goes nose to nose with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
The recent survey, conducted by Swa Frantzen, a handler at the Internet Storm Center, a cooperative cyberthreat monitoring and alert system under the SANS Institute’s umbrella reveals that the Storm Center’s site, by its very nature, drew security-minded users and the 2nd site drew more of the common public, whereas IE normally gathered almost 79 per cent of the browser market, that shows that the it is highly demanded when it comes to protecting systems from the malicious threats. Frantzen’s research also brought forth that 50/50 stat has held pretty sound for the last six months.
Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer at the SANS Institute and chief technology officer for the Internet Storm Center says,
Security people are overall more aware of the flaws in Explorer and more likely to play with other browsers. More common users might not feel comfortable trying out something new. Not as confident. It isn’t that Firefox is really more secure per say, but [Mozilla is] typically patched faster.
