Headline: Microsoft Security Report Says New OSs Are More Secure Than Old Ones, Also, Smoking May Be Hazardous To Your Health
Apparently we release a report twice a year on the status of computer security: vulnerabilities, malware, spyware, etc. The report for the first half of this year was just released.
I only read the findings summary but found a couple items in it interesting:
- The Total number of vulnerabilities disclosed this period is actually down from the previous six months. However, the number of vulnerabilities considered High Severity continues to go rise.
- The number of vulnerabilities with exploit code publicly available dropped. Either the vulns are harder to reproduce reliably, or exploit developers are privately contacting vendors, instead of publicly announcing exploits
- Newer products have fewer vulnerabilities. Our security push is showing progress.
Go security guys, go!
