What was that about Firefox being safe?

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1327

Now, I'm sure that Rocky's 'Killer Coding Ninja Monkeys' could make something of this...

What is the mantra?  No Web browser is *safe*.  No operating system is *safe*.

What do you need to do?  You patch your system.  You practice safe hex.  You use a non-admin account.  You do NOT assume that just because you are using <operating system other than Windows> or <Web browser other than Internet Explorer> that you are somehow safe from the bad guys.  You are NOT SAFE!!!

Oh, and by the way, this cartoon is *way* too close to home for comfort.  My family reckons AJ is me dressed up to look human:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060511

Published Thu, May 11 2006 14:06 by sandi
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# re: What was that about Firefox being safe?

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:01 AM by klanga2049
Yet that bug isn't a high risk security vulnerability like the many IE still has. God, why does everyone make a fuss when a bug in Firefox is discovered... Yes, no browser and OS is 100% secure or bug-free, but you can clearly say that Firefox is more secure than IE...

# re: What was that about Firefox being safe?

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:46 PM by sandi
No. I will not say that Firefox is 'more secure' than IE. It is simply less of a target.

Go read this - the reasoning applies as much to Firefox as it does to Linux:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/05/10/94219.aspx