Chrome safety

A security testing firm today said a recent report that named Google's Chrome as the most secured

candan, Canada (prHWY.com) July 9, 2012 - 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 -- Phatak

replied, "There's a reason why we don't do that anymore." Calling Accuvant's testing process "skewed

toward Chrome," Phatak 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 Phatak 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 vis-a-vis Mozilla," said Phatak. "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 SafeBrowsing 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 SafeBrowsing

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 SafeBrowsing

API (application programming interface) tapped by Firefox and Safari

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