wraggster
February 5th, 2014, 00:06
Though Microsoft hasn't yet patched its Internet Explorer web browser in 2014, it did patch IE at least once every month in 2013. According to HP's 2013 Cyber Risk Report (http://info.hpenterprisesecurity.com/register_hpenterprisesecurity_cyber_risk_report_20 13), more researchers tried to sell IE vulnerabilities (http://www.eweek.com/security/app-misconfiguration-mobile-apps-with-poor-encryption-pose-risks-hp.html) than any other product vulnerability. 'IE is the most prevalent browser on the systems that attackers want to compromise' said Jacob West, CTO of HP's Enterprise Security Group.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/02/04/0449251/microsofts-ie-is-the-most-targeted-application-by-security-researchers
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/02/04/0449251/microsofts-ie-is-the-most-targeted-application-by-security-researchers