http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/attacks-breaches/231602264/outdated-browsers-leave-many-enterprises-vulnerable-to-attack.html By Robert Lemos Contributing Editor Dark Reading Sep 27, 2011 Starting this month, a host of popular Web sites will warn users who are surfing the Web on outdated browsers. The effort, spearheaded by the Online Trust Alliance, aims to move the low-hanging fruit of easy-to-attack legacy browsers a little bit higher. To protect against attacks, companies need to deploy a wide range of defensive strategies, and an efficient patching cycle is a good first step. Many companies fail to use up-to-date browsers for fear of breaking compatibility with a critical enterprise application. Currently, Internet Explorer 6 -- an easy target for attackers -- is still used by nearly 10 percent of Web visitors, a greater proportion of visitors than those who use the latest, most secure Microsoft browser, Internet Explorer 9, according to NetMarketShare. "Clearly, businesses need to move off of IE 6 and IE7," says Craig Spiezle, president and executive director of the Online Trust Alliance. "And they need to move off as quickly as possible because the browser is the first line of defense." The OTA initiative, dubbed "Why Your Browser Matters," aims to increase the visibility of out-of-date browsers in an attempt to get more people and organizations to upgrade to the latest, and ostensibly the most secure, versions. [...] _____________________________________________________________ FINAL CALL to register #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Wed Sep 28 2011 - 22:29:45 PDT
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