Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser is the most effective when it comes to blocking traditional malware downloads, a recent report from NSS Labs notes.
Testing conducted between November 21, 2011 and January 5, 2012, showed that Internet Explorer 9 was able to block the most malware when compared to riva... |
7 February 2012
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Researchers and online security enthusiasts can make good use of a tool that will scan a system for traces of the now infamous Duqu malware which has posed a lot of problems for companies around the world.
NSS Labs published a script that should detect all the Duqu drivers installed on a system, thus allowing secu... |
5 November 2011
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Internet Explorer 9 offers the best protection against socially engineered malware according to the latest tests performed by NSS Labs focused on European users. The results of NSS Labs’s “Web Browser Group Test Socially-Engineered Malware - Europe Q2 2011” report are conclusive with previous findi... |
15 July 2011
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Capable of blocking 99% of all socially-engineered malware, Internet Explorer 9 is the best browser to protect users against attacks for which there’s no patch, since there are no actual code vulnerabilities targeted. Attacks involving social engineering are designed to “exploit” users rather than ... |
14 December 2010
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A recent test performed by an AV testing firm suggests that customers are better off running Microsoft’s free security solution for Windows instead of wasting the money on paid antivirus which Microsoft Security Essentials end up outperforming. NSS Labs tested no less than 10 security products including: AVG I... |
20 October 2010
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NSS Labs, a company specializing in anti-malware testing, plans to expand its business by launching an online marketplace for exploits next month.The platform will be called Exploit Hub and will allow security researchers to sell exploit code for known vulnerabilities to penetration testers and other security compani... |
10 September 2010
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Internet Explorer 8 continues to be the best in breed browser when it comes down to offering end users security compared to rivals that, without exception, are considered to be more secure than IE by default in the public’s perception. It’s not the first time that IE8’s superiority over browsers suc... |
8 March 2010
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A new phishing scam capitalizes on people's trust towards reputed news publications and security companies. The rogue email messages masquerade as a Trend Micro newsletter about a real article on the company featured in PC World back in September.Attacks that try to exploit various subjects attracting a consider... |
24 November 2009
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