Date:09/02/17
The experts of RiskBased Security specializing in information security, called Windows According to experts, in 2016, Microsoft has removed 729 vulnerabilities in its software against 703 a year earlier. In 2014, the index was measured 383. The most vulnerable product Microsoft analysts called Internet Explorer, in which for the entire history of observations RiskBased Security was identified 1261 breach than could be used by criminals.
Second place for problems took Windows 10, which counted a total of 705 vulnerabilities since the release of the platform in July 2015. Operating systems Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft has eliminated a total of 660, 647, 621 and vulnerability, respectively .
Experts note that the higher the number of vulnerabilities in Windows 10 does not mean that this OS is less secure than predecessors. The majority of software faults reported in RiskBased Security, were identified and eliminated without public exposure, so that users do not have suffered from the attacks. Microsoft itself calls the Windows 7 less secure operating system compared to Windows 10, and strongly recommends to use the latter.
According to analysts Net Applications, in December 2016 Windows 7 was the most common platform for personal computers with a share of about 48%. In the asset Windows 10 appeared 24% of the market. The three leaders were part of Windows XP (9,1%). Microsoft will end support for Windows 7 in early 2020.
In early February of 2017 in Windows 10 was discovered a zero day exploit (the term refers to unpatched vulnerabilities and malware, against which not yet developed protective mechanisms) that allows for DDoS attacks, run arbitrary code, etc. Vulnerability is on a network SMB Protocol. In January, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 upgrade Anniversary Update could protect customers against the two critical zero-day vulnerabilities without closing their patches. In April is expected to release the updates Creators Update, which, according to the manufacturer, can better withstand cyber attacks, including zero day exploits.
Windows 10 has been named the most vulnerable OS Microsoft
The experts of RiskBased Security specializing in information security, called Windows According to experts, in 2016, Microsoft has removed 729 vulnerabilities in its software against 703 a year earlier. In 2014, the index was measured 383. The most vulnerable product Microsoft analysts called Internet Explorer, in which for the entire history of observations RiskBased Security was identified 1261 breach than could be used by criminals.Second place for problems took Windows 10, which counted a total of 705 vulnerabilities since the release of the platform in July 2015. Operating systems Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft has eliminated a total of 660, 647, 621 and vulnerability, respectively .
Experts note that the higher the number of vulnerabilities in Windows 10 does not mean that this OS is less secure than predecessors. The majority of software faults reported in RiskBased Security, were identified and eliminated without public exposure, so that users do not have suffered from the attacks. Microsoft itself calls the Windows 7 less secure operating system compared to Windows 10, and strongly recommends to use the latter.
According to analysts Net Applications, in December 2016 Windows 7 was the most common platform for personal computers with a share of about 48%. In the asset Windows 10 appeared 24% of the market. The three leaders were part of Windows XP (9,1%). Microsoft will end support for Windows 7 in early 2020.
In early February of 2017 in Windows 10 was discovered a zero day exploit (the term refers to unpatched vulnerabilities and malware, against which not yet developed protective mechanisms) that allows for DDoS attacks, run arbitrary code, etc. Vulnerability is on a network SMB Protocol. In January, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 upgrade Anniversary Update could protect customers against the two critical zero-day vulnerabilities without closing their patches. In April is expected to release the updates Creators Update, which, according to the manufacturer, can better withstand cyber attacks, including zero day exploits.
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