windows vulnerability stat

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats questioned

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats questionedExactly, it was a poor comparison...... and no conclusion can be reached either way. I realize that the authoring experts are writing in a Blog, yet I assume there will be at least a level of professional research, wanting to delve a little deeper than...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows vulnerability stat, Apple Macintosh, stat, CVE, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats for 2007

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats for 2007I'm sure......certain people would say that this can only mean one of three things:1. Microsoft simply isn't reporting and fixing its flaws, since Windows obviously must have more flaws than OS X.2. Microsoft is fixing flaws "stealthily" and not reporting them.3. You're a Microsoft...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Windows vulnerability stat, Apple Macintosh, stat, Microsoft Windows, vulnerability, Unix, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Additional Resources

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacks

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacksThis is good to know ...[i]Furthermore, if you have a server behind a NAT device, some NAT devices will undo the UDP port randomness introduced by the patch. Fortunately, Linux iptables and OpenBSD's pf are not vulnerable, but many popular NAT devices are.[/i]I've...

Tags: NETWORKING, Linux, UNIX, SECURITY, Operating systems, NAT Device, Network Address Translation, DNS

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs

Zombies continue to chase Windows PCsZombies continue to chase Windows PCs[i]Microsoft introduced the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool in January last year. An updated version of the program ships monthly with Microsoft's security updates. The tool aims to identify and remove prevalent malicious software from PCs.[/i]At least Microsoft is taking...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, MSFT, PC, zombie, Windows PC, Microsoft Corp., malware

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

OS X flaw exposes Macs

OS X flaw exposes Macsi agree.......it clearly states that this flaw opens Mac OSX to drive by attacks...........where's all the posts flaming Apple........they seem to be strangely missing, if this was a windows flaw, there'd be all sorts of posts with bad spelling,although it is pretty hard to spell MAC...

Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, Operating systems, operating system, flaw, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., OS X flaw, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2006-02-21

Patching up bad patches

We would all prefer software to be secure in the first place. But until that happens, the headache of patching security flaws will persist. In-Stat/MDR>/b> shows how patch management software can help. One of the new security segments gaining market traction in the last few months has been...

Tags: Software, Security, Patch Management, Patch Management Software, Patches, Tools & Techniques, Management, Jaclynn Bumback

News items 2002-11-22