All operating systems vulnerabilities
For the first half of 2010, Linux had the largest
percentage of operating system vulnerability
disclosures followed closely by Apple in second
place. Microsoft experienced a healthy spike over
2009 and moved into third place.
2010 Mid-year highlights
Vulnerabilities
• The number of new vulnerability disclosures in the
first half of the year is at the highest level ever
recorded. This is in stark contrast to the 2009
mid-year report when new vulnerability disclosures
were at the lowest level in the previous four years.
Web application vulnerabilities—particularly
cross-site scripting and SQL injection—continue to
dominate the threat landscape.
• Apple is maintaining the top spot of vendor with
the most vulnerability disclosures accounting for a
full four percent of all disclosures. After three years
of holding the number one position of vendor with
the most vulnerability disclosures, Microsoft has
dropped to number two. Adobe is in third place,
due to the noteworthy increase in reported PDF
and Flash-based vulnerability disclosures.
• As for operating systems, Linux took the number
one position in the first half of this year for new
operating system disclosures followed by Apple in
second place. If you consider only the critical and
high operating system disclosures, Microsoft
dwarfed all the other players with 73 percent.
Critical and high
operating system vulnerabilities
Focusing on critical and high vulnerabilities is
another way to look at operating system
vulnerabilities. From a protection standpoint, these
high-severity vulnerabilities are typically the most
worrisome since they often lead to complete remote
compromise, the prized possession of attackers.
When you filter out the mediums and lows,
Microsoft operating systems take first place in
2008, in 2009, and in the first half of 2010. Linux is
currently in second place with Apple coming in third
place. HP-UX comes in fourth place and Sun Solaris
trails closely in fifth place. IBM AIX dropped off the
list after being in fifth place in the first half of 2009.
Tertitten skrev:Har aldri hatt virus under linux, ikke som jeg vet ihvertfall..
Har hatt virus noen veldig få ganger i windows, men samtidig har jeg også hatt antivirus software som har flagget seg selv som virus
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