Report points out Open Source Vulnerabilities
ENT News | at | by Mike
Analysts at Aberdeen Group say the evidence of the last 10 months shows that the popular wisdom about Microsoft security -- that it's the worst -- may be outdated. Aberdeen concludes that "Microsoft overhauled its entire software development process to fix its security problems, and its effort appears to be working. Perhaps it is time for some of the suppliers of open source and Linux software to take similar measures.
- Out of 29 total Cert advisories in 2002, 16 affected Linux and 16 affected Unix. Only 7 affected Microsoft products.
- Virus and trojan horse advisories affecting Microsoft products plummeted from 6 last year to 0 in the first 10 months of this year.