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Re: Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014
From: Chester Wisniewski <chetw () zuzax com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:10:23 -0800
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Can we vote them off the island for the most bogus attempt at pretending to be scientific ever? Counting vulns? Are we still in grade 3? Chester On 02/24/15 12:00, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/vulnerable-operating-system.html Apple’s operating system is considered to be the most secure operating system whether it’s Mac OS X for desktop computers or iOS for iPhones. But believe it or not, they are the most vulnerable operating system of year 2014. MOST VULNERABLE OPERATING SYSTEM Windows, which is often referred to as the most vulnerable operating system in the world and also an easy pie for hackers, is not even listed on the top three vulnerable OS. According to an analysis by the network and security solutions provider GFI, the top three most vulnerable operating system are: Apple’s Mac OS X Apple iOS Linux kernel GFI analysis is based on the data from the US National Vulnerability Database (NVD), which shows that in 2014, the top three most vulnerable operating systems took owner by the following number of vulnerabilities reported in their software: Mac OS X - Total 147 vulnerabilities were reported, 64 of which were rated as high-severity Apple’s iOS - Total 127 vulnerabilities were reported, 32 of which were rated as highly-severity Linux Kernel - Total 119 vulnerabilities were reported, 24 of which were rated as high-severity. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014 Jeffrey Walton (Feb 24)
- Re: Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014 Bruce Ediger (Feb 24)
- Re: Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014 Jeffrey Walton (Feb 24)
- Re: Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014 Chester Wisniewski (Feb 24)
- Re: Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014 Bruce Ediger (Feb 24)