![]() ![]() If you enable this feature ( plugins.click_to_play under about:config), websites containing content such as Flash or Quicktime will be blocked by default, to prevent drive-by exploitation. My favorite new Firefox feature is the “Click to Play” plugin preference. ![]() This is a great improvement for privacy and it appears that the Firefox developers are exploring similar features for other search engines. Firefox will now default to using HTTPS for search queries submitted to Google. Mozilla is preparing to launch Firefox 14 any day now with its own set of security-enhancing features. EPM adds several new sandbox-like technologies and introduces the concept of plug-in-free browsing. IE 10 also introduces a new setting called Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM). The new version of IE will be a full 64 bit application on 64 bit Windows, increasing the difficulty of bypassing exploit mitigation techniques like ASLR. Microsoft has been promoting Internet Explorer 10’s security chops, which will ship later this year with Windows 8 and will reportedly be made available to Windows 7 users as well. ![]() Here at Sophos, we don’t keep track of that sort of thing, but we have seen a major change in browser marketing over the last 24 months. Several media organizations have recently reported that Chrome has bypassed Internet Explorer in worldwide browser market share. ![]()
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