Apple more vulnerable than Microsoft?!?

3 August 2008 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | No comments

I found it surprising that in a new study authored by IBM, Apple was rated the number one software most vulnerable to attack, ahead of Microsoft!

I also found it curious that Webmonkey's post (where I read about the study) was titled "Apple, Microsoft Top List of Most Vulnerable Software," which, although true, implies that Microsoft is number two. This isn't true: Microsoft is number three, after Joomla!

Unfortunately, the report notes two worrisome trends:

  • The number of vulnerabilities in our software is increasing.
  • Attacks have largely shifted from operating systems to web applications, hence the inclusion of Joomla!, Wordpress and Drupal.

Via Webmonkey. Read the entire report in PDF format.

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism - New York, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

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