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Why is firefox not in the list?

They lost a lot of funding and VM escapes are a bit hotter than browser exploits.

Also, Firefox installs generally still come with Flash which is easier to exploit than the browser itself, and reaches a broader audience.

Officially, they claimed its because "Firefox security has not advanced in the last year" but that is just utter BS.

"Utter BS" is a pretty categorical statement. In what ways has Firefox security advanced in the last year?

(A few months older than one year, but close enough. Also, of course I'm not going to claim that sandboxing is unimportant.)

Firefox does not come with Flash preinstalled.