Re: Windows? NO, Linux and Mac OS X Most Vulnerable Operating System In 2014

[Chester Wisniewski <chetw () zuzax com>]

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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.
>
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