MOST VULNERABLE OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows, which is oft referred to every bit the virtually vulnerable operating arrangement inwards the globe as well as also an slowly pie for hackers, is non fifty-fifty listed on the elevation iii vulnerable OS. According to an analysis past times the network as well as safety solutions provider GFI, the elevation iii virtually vulnerable operating arrangement are:
- Apple’s Mac OS X
- Apple iOS
- Linux kernel
- Mac OS X - Total 147 vulnerabilities were reported, 64 of which were rated every bit high-severity
- Apple’s iOS - Total 127 vulnerabilities were reported, 32 of which were rated every bit highly-severity
- Linux Kernel - Total 119 vulnerabilities were reported, 24 of which were rated every bit high-severity.
MAJOR VULNERABILITIES REPORTED IN 2014
The major vulnerabilities that took over the Internet inwards 2014 were every bit follows:
- HEARTBLEED - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 critical safety vulnerability detected inwards OpenSSL left large number of cryptographic keys as well as someone information from the virtually of import sites as well as services on the Internet opened upward to hackers. It was considered to endure i of the biggest Internet threat inwards the history.
- SHELLSHOCK - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 critical remotely exploitable vulnerability discovered inwards the widely used Linux as well as Unix command-line shell, known every bit Bash, aka the GNU Bourne Again Shell, left countless websites, servers, PCs, OS X Macs, diverse dwelling routers, as well as many to a greater extent than opened upward to the cyber criminals.
Surprisingly, Microsoft’s Windows 7, 8 as well as 8.1 Operating Systems were the to the lowest degree vulnerable OS, every bit they autumn into the bottom one-half of the listing as well as rank at 5th, seventh as well as 8th, amongst 36 vulnerabilities reported inwards all of them.
Windows Server 2008 was the 4th virtually vulnerable OS inwards 2014 amongst 38 vulnerabilities, but it isn't a version aimed at consumers.
"2014 was a tough twelvemonth for Linux users from a safety dot of view, coupled amongst the fact that unopen to of the virtually of import safety issues of the twelvemonth were reported for applications that commonly run on Linux systems," explained GFI Software director Cristian Florian.
MOST VULNERABLE APPLICATION
However, when it comes to applications, Microsoft proved to endure on the contrary, every bit its Internet Explorer browser Pb the listing amongst 242 full vulnerabilities, amongst 220 of them existence rated every bit critical.
Obviously, this could embarrass Microsoft, every bit Internet Explorer has nearly twice every bit many safety flaws than the instant virtually vulnerable application, which was Google Chrome.
Google Chrome browser had 124 vulnerabilities reported inwards 2014. On the other hand, Adobe Flash Player improved final twelvemonth amongst solely 76 vulnerabilities reported.
Overall, a full of 7,038 novel safety vulnerabilities were added to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) final year, which indicates that an average of xix novel safety vulnerabilities were reported every day.
Out of those, 80% were reported inwards third-party applications, 13% inwards operating systems, as well as 4% inwards hardware devices.
Out of those, 80% were reported inwards third-party applications, 13% inwards operating systems, as well as 4% inwards hardware devices.
For those who aren't aware, NVD is the USA authorities repository of standards based vulnerability administration information represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP).
