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Least vulnerable operating system of 2014 was…

 

According to GFI Blog –

A tie between Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 with 36 total vulnerabilities (24 high, 12 medium, 0 low)

However, the author, Cristian Florian from GFI Blog, has grouped the operating systems together in a dubious manner and has left out major/monolithic components that cannot be removed from the OS.  Where’s Android?  Where’s Windows Phone?  Additionally, each version of Mac OS or Linux should be listed separately as is Windows.

I wouldn’t take this comparison seriously, however, the vulnerability information is accurate and interesting and continues to require our diligence in combating threats.

Top 6 operating systems with most vulnerabilities were:
1.  Apple Mac OS X – 147 total  (64 high, 67 medium, 16 low)
2.  Apple iOS – 127 total  (32 high, 72 medium, 23 low)
3.  Linux Kernel – 119 total  (24 high, 74 medium, 21 low)
4.  Windows 7 – 36 total  (25 high, 11 medium, 0 low)
5.  Windows 8 – 36 total  (24 high, 12 medium, 0 low)
6.  Windows 8.1 – 36 total  (24 high, 12 medium, 0 low)

This doesn’t include third party applications or web browsers. Internet Explorer registered 242 vulnerabilities which is almost double than the next entry, Google Chrome (126), followed by Mozilla Firefox (117). The OS results should have accounted for this in some way.

Approximately 19 new vulnerabilities per day were added to the National Vulnerability Database in 2014.

See the full article and more info about application vulnerabilities and draw your own conclusions at GFI Blog.

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