> it will nevertheless be interesting to see if malware authors can have success against Chrome, Firefox, and company.
We already know the answer to that - when attackers try to target any browser, they in many cases succeed. All major browsers get hacked at the relevant competitions, and those are just the public hacks we hear about, the private ones are likely far worse.
Mitigation measures do matter though. Adding security makes it harder, and pushing out patches quickly reduces the window of vulnerability. Microsoft has improved in the former but not in the latter.
We already know the answer to that - when attackers try to target any browser, they in many cases succeed. All major browsers get hacked at the relevant competitions, and those are just the public hacks we hear about, the private ones are likely far worse.
Mitigation measures do matter though. Adding security makes it harder, and pushing out patches quickly reduces the window of vulnerability. Microsoft has improved in the former but not in the latter.