Chrome safety security testing

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 16, 2011 --

A security testing firm today said a recent report that named Google's Chrome as the most secured browser was flawed -- and part of a campaign by Google to undermine Mozilla's Firefox. The report conducted by Denver-based security consultancy Accuvant, which released a report last week naming Chrome as more secured than either Firefox or Microsoft's IE (Internet Explorer), was paid for by Google. hat raised the hackles of NSS Labs, a California company that tests browser security and antivirus software. When reminded that NSS Labs has conducted vendor-funded browser security research in the past -- Microsoft sponsored several NSS tests on anti-malware blocking technologies -- Pataki replied, "There's a reason why we don't do that anymore." Calling Occupant’s testing process "skewed toward Chrome," Pataki argued that the consulting company's researchers ignored some key Firefox security features -- notably "frame poisoning," which blocks exploits of most layout code crashes -- didn't give enough weight to such things as frequent security updates, and failed to use real-world anti-browser malware in its testing. But Pataki and Rick Moy, president of NSS Labs, leveled more serious charges against Google than the allegedly-slanted report. The two tied the release of the report with two other factors -- the apparent non-renewal of the Google-Mozilla search contract and a recent rise in Chrome's anti-malware blocking effectiveness -- to conclude that Google was running a campaign to knock Firefox out of the market. "This tells a story, that Google is looking to go it alone now and is examining their position vise-a-visa Mozilla," said Pataki. "Google paid for this report, and it's part of a marketing campaign that's probably aimed at Firefox to cut off Firefox's revenues, cut if off from the Safe Browsing service, and then put out a report that says Firefox is less secure than Chrome." While Mozilla has said it was "in active negotiations" with Google about a new contract, it has declined to announce whether it has reached a deal with its long-time partner. That contract expired last month. Income from the Google-Mozilla contract accounted for 84 percent of the $123 million the latter reported in revenue for 2010, the last year Mozilla has made public its finances. Chrome, like Firefox and Apple's Safari, uses Google's Safe Browsing service to block malicious websites and potentially malware-infected downloads. As Chrome's blocking rate soared from just 8 percent to 40 percent in that 11-day period, Firefox and Safari both declined to less than 2 percent. NSS Labs' conclusion: Google is keeping some blocking protection from the Safe Browsing API (application programming interface) tapped by Firefox and Safari

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