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2022 has been a year full of surprises and twists, but now as it nears its end, many companies are coming out with their lists and rankings of many aspects of the tech world. AV-TEST is one such company that specializes in anti-malware solutions. The good folks at AV-TEST recently came forward with some fascinating figures about the malware growth that took place in 2022. . According to their data, the company had received almost 70 million new malware samples on Windows. This statistic makes macOS very humbled with only 12,000 new samples being derived, thus it makes the number of samples from Windows 5,000 times less what was seen on macOS. But, if we talk about Linux it comes a bit close to what Windows had with 2 million new samples being seen on Linux. But the figures for Windows are still over 60 times higher than those of Linux. Remarkably, even though Windows had the largest amount of malware, ever since September, the amount of malware being detected has stooped low and is progressively lowering even more. On a month-by-month basis in January, the amount of malware alongside Potential Unwanted Applications (PUA) was at its lowest. . AV-TEST shares insights on the surge in malware occurrences throughout 2022, focusing on statistical information for Windows, Linux, and MacOS platforms.. Linux Malware Threats, AV-TEST 2022 Findings, Windows Threat Statistics. . Brittany Day
Linux supporters have roundly criticized a recent report from the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT), which reported that during 2005, Linux and Unix combined had 2,328 vulnerabilities, compared with 812 vulnerabilities for Microsoft Windows. Linux practitioners say the counts are skewed because they count the same vulnerability each time it appeared last year in any given Linux distribution. By doing this, they say, one bug could actually show up in the list dozens of times, depending on the number of Linux variants it appeared in. The CERT stats also appear to include problems with scripting languages such as PHP or even applications that are not part of the core Linux operating system but instead are used with it. . Another complaint about the CERT numbers, aside from lumping Unix and Linux into the same bucket, is a behavior specific to the open-source community. There might well be multiple reports for the same bug, says David Humphrey, a senior technology adviser for Ekaru, a Westford, Mass.-based consultancy. The link for this article located at Information Week is no longer available. . Concerns regarding CERT metrics highlight issues in the counting of Windows and MacOS security flaws, questioning the reliability of their assessment approach.. Linux Vulnerabilities, Open Source Issues, CERT Criticism, Security Statistics. . Benjamin D. Thomas
Update: vnunet updates report with "Controversy brews in Linux camp". Windows suffered fewer security vulnerabilities than Linux last year, according to figures released by vulnerability tracker SecurityFocus. Although the statistics so far only go up to August 2001, aggregated distributions of . . . . Update: vnunet updates report with "Controversy brews in Linux camp". Windows suffered fewer security vulnerabilities than Linux last year, according to figures released by vulnerability tracker SecurityFocus. Although the statistics so far only go up to August 2001, aggregated distributions of the Linux operating system suffered 96 vulnerabilities while Windows NT/2000 suffered only 42. Breaking the figures down by distribution, Mandrake Linux 7.2 notched up 33 vulnerabilities, Red Hat 7.0 suffered 28, Mandrake 7.1 had 27 and Debian 2.2 had 26. Windows, on the other hand, shared fourth most vulnerable position with 24, alongside Sun Solaris 7.0 and 8.0.Although in previous years Windows has suffered the most vulnerabilities when compared to individual distributions, against the Linux aggregate the Microsoft operating system has consistently come out looking better off than its open source brethren. vnunet has updated their article with feedback from the community. Be sure to read this one too. The link for this article located at vnunet is no longer available. . Windows suffered fewer security vulnerabilities than Linux last year according to vulnerability tracker SecurityFocus.. Linux Distributions, Windows Security, Vulnerability Statistics, Security Tracker, OS Security Analysis. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Ever wanted to know which operating systems and applications have the most reported security vulnerabilities? Are there more known vulnerabilities in Windows NT or Linux? To find out check out the BUGTRAQ Vulnerability Database statistics page. . . .. Ever wanted to know which operating systems and applications have the most reported security vulnerabilities? Are there more known vulnerabilities in Windows NT or Linux? To find out check out the BUGTRAQ Vulnerability Database statistics page. The link for this article located at SecurityFocus is no longer available. . Recent security statistics reveal trends in vulnerabilities across operating systems, with Windows being a primary target, while Linux sees a rise due to misconfigurations and app flaws. Bugtraq Database, Reported Vulnerabilities, OS Comparison. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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