TY - GEN
T1 - An analysis of security features on web browsers
AU - Sengupta, Siddhartha
AU - Park, Joon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Today, while Web browsers are widely used to access the Internet resources, there are constant attempts to find exploits and vulnerabilities that can compromise the user’s security and privacy. In this paper, we analyze the security features provided by the most popular browsers, including Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera, with our hands-on experiments and discuss how these features can enhance the security and privacy for users. We identify and analyze the security features in the browsers, considering the concept of sandbox isolation, plug-ins, password storage/synchronization, Google Safe Browsing, private browsing, cookie management, and other security/privacy related features. We believe our work will help users to choose a right browser for their purposes as well as protect their sensitive data and personal information on the Web. Furthermore, our findings and comparison will help the browser developers to improve the quality and security of their future products and services.
AB - Today, while Web browsers are widely used to access the Internet resources, there are constant attempts to find exploits and vulnerabilities that can compromise the user’s security and privacy. In this paper, we analyze the security features provided by the most popular browsers, including Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera, with our hands-on experiments and discuss how these features can enhance the security and privacy for users. We identify and analyze the security features in the browsers, considering the concept of sandbox isolation, plug-ins, password storage/synchronization, Google Safe Browsing, private browsing, cookie management, and other security/privacy related features. We believe our work will help users to choose a right browser for their purposes as well as protect their sensitive data and personal information on the Web. Furthermore, our findings and comparison will help the browser developers to improve the quality and security of their future products and services.
KW - Browser vulnerability
KW - Internet security
KW - Privacy protection
KW - Web browser security
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85070022204
T3 - European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS
SP - 436
EP - 443
BT - Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2019
A2 - Cruz, Tiago
A2 - Simoes, Paulo
PB - Curran Associates Inc.
T2 - 18th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2019
Y2 - 4 July 2019 through 5 July 2019
ER -