Firefox and Opera browsers seem to be a favorite of hackers. This information was revealed from a study conducted by Purewire, a provider of Internet security services. Data obtained after they watched the popular toolkit used by hackers to attack users through the site contains malware, such as LuckySploit and UniquePack.
As many as 46 percent of hackers using Firefox, while Opera was in second place with 26 percent. And Opera itself only has a global market share of about 2 percent.
"Hackers are using a browser that has a smaller market share to avoid so they do not at hack," said Rik Ferguson, Senior Security Advisor Trend Micro. "However, that does not mean Firefox and Opera is more secure than Microsoft's Internet Explorer or other browsers, but the two browsers have fewer impressions and do not attract the attention of the makers of malware," he said.
For example, according to Secunia intelligence data, corporate Internet applications security analysts, the current versions of Opera 9.x have 22 reports of security and opportunity 50 attacks. Approximately 68 percent of which are very critical. (V3 / Vivanews)
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