Maniacal
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Major flaws in Windows
- Thread starter Whomp
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I think people have misunderstood what I was trying to say in my earlier post. I am in no way advocating that we should ignore security flaws, I just think these companies should be careful how they word these public statements.
I read an article a few months ago (can't remember where) that basically concluded that virus writers are getting lazy. Instead of searching for security holes themselves, they wait for a security company to announce that they have found a vulnerability, then attack it.
That is why I commented on the fact that infections were being reported after this announcement was made.
I read an article a few months ago (can't remember where) that basically concluded that virus writers are getting lazy. Instead of searching for security holes themselves, they wait for a security company to announce that they have found a vulnerability, then attack it.
That is why I commented on the fact that infections were being reported after this announcement was made.
As Mark Twain once said, you have lies, damned lies, and statistics. That report embodies all three.Dell19 said:
All UNIX, *BSD, and Linux distros were lumped into one number. That's like lumping Lexus, BMW, Infinite, Toyota, Honda, Porsche, Volkswagen, Saab and Volvo into a single group, comparing them to Chevy and then saying that Chevys are safer.
They also treat the same bug as a new bug for each distro that reports it. One bzip bug was counted 10 times! The disturbing reality is, someone giving this a cursory glance might believe these asinine numbers. Never mind that they include safari in the *NIX number, even though that can't possibly impact you if you run Linux. Complete junk. Beyond the stupidity of the numbers though, there is a bigger issue. Security issues in Open Source actually get spotted and fixed on a regular basis. This is a *good* thing and it makes you much more secure in the end. The security by obscurity and closed source aspect of Windows means that a bug is only acknowledged and fixed when Microsoft decides to do it.Similar threads
