Browser Security News

E-mail used to be the actual vector for threats to the PC, but now it’s the browser. Security software is adjusting Look back at the security news three or four years ago and you’ll see a "worm of the week" phenomenon in action. Malware was spread, and botnets created, through e-mail messages. These e-mail messages had attachments and social engineering that attempted to trick the user into running the attachment.

This approach is now comparatively rare, I think mostly because it’s no longer all that effective. This is partly because users are more conditioned not to click on attachments, and partly because security software got better at blocking them. Even e-mail programs are smart enough, by default, to block executable attachments most of the time. You still see malicious attachments—the Storm worm used them a lot—but they aren’t the main form of attack. Your PC Is Vulnerable Without Browser Protection