Secunia report shows that Internet Explorer is no longer the most vulnerable app in the world these days
One of the factors that convinced Microsoft to kill Internet Explorer in Windows 10 and replace it with a new browser was the negative perception of the app, as many people believed that it was among the most insecure and unstable browsers on the market.
A
report published by security company Secunia for 2014 shows that Microsoft was right when it said that Internet Explorer was actually a much more secure program than its rivals, as Redmond's in-house browser actually had less vulnerabilities last year than Google Chrome.
The 2014 report puts
Google Chrome, Oracle Solaris, and Gentoo Linux at the top of the charts with 504, 483, and 350 security flaws, respectively, while Internet Explorer is fourth in the rankings with 289 such vulnerabilities. Mozilla Firefox is also among the most vulnerable apps in 2014 with a total number of 171 confirmed security glitches.
