Microsoft Edge is way more secure than Chrome and Firefox

[Batu69]

 

While Microsoft Edge might be a little lacking in features, compared to more established browsers like Chrome and Firefox, one area where it is better than its rivals is security.

 

That’s according to NSS Labs which today announced the results of its latest Web Browser Security comparative test. The test pitted Chrome, Firefox and -- for the first time -- Edge against each other to see how effective the browsers are at protecting against threats.

 

The test measured how well the browsers did when protecting against social engineered malware (SEM) (one of the most common security threats facing users) and phishing attacks.

 

The browser versions tested were:

• Google Chrome: Version 53.0.2785
• Mozilla Firefox: Version 48.0.2
• Microsoft Edge 38.14393.0.0

Testing was conducted during the months of September and October 2016, with 220,918 socially engineered malware results and 78,921 phishing results recorded.

Of the three browsers tested, Edge had the highest catch for phishing URLs with 91.4 percent success rate, and the highest block rate for SEM samples with 99.0 percent.

 

Chrome came second with 82.4 percent average block rate for phishing, and 85.8 percent block rate for SEM samples.

Bringing up the rear, Firefox caught 81.4 phishing URLs, and 78.3 percent SEM samples.

 

If you wish to find out more about the tests you can download the Phishing Protection and Socially Engineered Malware Protection reports from NSS Labs here.

 

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[Airstream_Bill]

Pretty much all I use is EDGE.  I like it but that is just me.

[46&2]

@Airstream_Bill I never used Edge but gotta like anyone who has the balls to say they use it!...lol just kiddin' well kinda, anyways buy a comb would ya?!!!

[steven36]

Strange even reading a Microsoft browser is safer  , It was one of the reasons I switched to Firefox from IE back in like 2006 was it was so easy to catch a virus using IE . You remember the old days when sites use to download and ActiveX  and you would be in popup hell ..: 

 

I never had a problem using Firefox like I have with IE  and I not had a problem at all in years . There's no businesses that use EDGE  most use IE and Chrome  .. Microsoft Edge 14 only has like a 3.27% marketshare .   EDGE  dont really have much going for it  right now ..Most windows 10 users dont use it and Windows 10 only has like 22.59% marketshare meaning like 77% of the market dont even have EDGE  installed to began with.  

 

 

 

 

[straycat19]

Evidently people don't believe the Edge hype based upon another article posted today.

 

http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/280035-windows-10-usage-falters-edge-goes-nowhere-at-all/

 

Being a people, I don't believe it either.

[Ballistic Gelatin]

I wonder how much Microsoft paid NSS Labs for that "test"?

[pc71520]

4 hours ago, Ballistic Gelatin said:

I wonder how much Microsoft paid NSS Labs for that "test"?

A few years ago, NSS Labs reported

great "findings" for Internet Explorer, too.

 

 

[oliverjia]

nowadays, the media is not to be trusted. take everything you read with a grain of salt. 

This is so unfortunate. 

 

[DKT27]

I wonder, how much does Google Safe Browsing blacklist - the ones used by most browsers except one, plays part here. There is very much a possibility that the Google Safe Browsing blacklist is not as efficient / big as the blacklist from lets say any other company. But being such a big internet company that Google is, with so many sites being tracked, it's not probable though.

[pc71520]

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