The firm took a look at all the major browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Opera 9.62, Firefox 3.04, Safari 3.2 and Google Chrome. According to the study, each browser was susceptible to a number of vulnerabilities that could expose password information. Of the five, Opera and Firefox faired the best – meaning they passed seven of the 21 tests. Internet Explorer (IE) passed five tests, while Google Chrome and Apple Safari passed only two.

Three issues were cited by Chapin Information Services (CIS) as being problems that, when combined, could allow cyber-thieves to steal passwords without a user’s knowledge. The first two are whether the browsers check the destination where passwords are sent and the locations where they are requested.

According to CIS, none of the browsers’ password managers checked the action path when passwords were retrieved or saved. In addition, only Opera and Firefox prevent the browsers’ password manager from delivering a password to a domain other than the one to which the password was delivered when it was saved. 

Read the rest of this article on eWEEK.com.