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Mobile Web Browsers Overlooking Security Requirements, Researchers Say

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Even security experts have trouble detecting a potentially dangerous Website on a mobile browser, according to a recent study at Georgia Tech.

Users on mobile browsers are vulnerable to certain types of attacks because the browsers are not implementing all the recommended security indicators in the interest of conserving screen real estate, Patrick Traynor, assistant professor in Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Computer Science, told SecurityWeek. Since the users don't have the visual cues to alert them to attacks, it is more difficult to avoid becoming victims, he said.