IE8: 'Safe' but Scorned in Bug Battle Contest

Google-Sponsored Study Touts Chrome Security
Accuvant Lab's browser security study compared Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Study: IE Scores Highest Against Social Malware
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 and 9 Web browsers demonstrated better protection against socially engineered exploits than other browsers, as described in a September NSS Labs report.

IE 8 XSS Vulnerability To Get Fixed in June
Microsoft is preparing a security update in June for the IE XSS filter in Internet Explorer 8.