Independent laboratory computer security NSS Labs found that in all popular web browsers attempt to curb phishing best to manage the browser Internet Explorer 8. The next in this unique ranking security footprint in the footprint of IE8, is Firefox, followed by Opera and Chrome. Safari browser has shown him far from the best part, the blocking of 2% of phishing attempts.

Phishing is a method of obtaining personal information, where the attacker convinces unsuspecting users to provide their personal information, often credit card numbers, passport details, etc., the website, look like credible. In the past few years, this method of fraud has become increasingly meet, and the biggest risk inexperienced users. According to statistics, the average lifetime of phishing site is only 52 hours, which makes the timely blocking of these sites is very difficult, almost impossible.

Within two weeks of July, the researchers tracked phishing sites and saw how much time it takes each browser to phishing pages, add to the blacklist. There were seen a few thousand sites. On average, Internet Explorer browser had to be slightly less than five hours to make a site to the blacklist, a little more than required to Firefox, while Safari browser to cope with this task only for 54 hours. If you want more details about the testing can be found in this PDF-file.