Treffer: Race for supremacy.

The article looks at the issues surrounding the security of web browsers. Product development techniques play a key role in a browser's security posture. Application plug-ins such as Flash and JavaScripts have become browser attack points. Pete Lindstrom, a senior analyst with the Burton Group, says that the less complex the software, the more secure it is. He added that the extensibility of browser adds to the attack surface, with more opportunity to break things within web browsers. Another issue is cross-site request forgeries, which redirect website visitors to malicious sites rather than to the legitimate site.