Symantec: Internet Security Attacks Up

**Mr. Tech** · 23rd March 2005, 07:51 AM

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Symantec has published a bi-annual report that shows an increase in the number of Web attacks, severe and easy to exploit vulnerabilities, phishing scams and threats to Windows. There has been a 64 percent increase in Windows worms and viruses, and an average of 45 new remotely executed vulnerabilities per week.

'tis not good... Don't these guys have anything better to do

Symantec: Internet Security Attacks Up

**Mr. Tech** · 23rd March 2005, 07:55 AM

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Number of recent documented Firefox vulnerabilities higher than for IE browser, company says.

Noooooo!!! Stay away from Firefox and attack Opera instead!!! LOL

Symantec: Hackers Turn Attention to Mozilla Browsers

Darksat · 24th March 2005, 02:24 AM

Screw Firefox, Opera rules, its a better browser than firefox any day.

Most of the firefox vulnerabilities are cross browser vulnerabilities though, so they are still using explorer code to execute.