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Vulnerability Numerology - Defective by Design?

Posted in Security (December 22, 2007 at 2:58 am)

rdmreader writes “RDM has a point by point disassembly of the security vulnerability story phenomenon. We regularly see these, comparing various vulnerability lists for different operating systems. ZDNet’s George Ou, for example, condemns Linux and Mac OS X by tallying up reported flaws and comparing them against Microsoft’s. What he doesn’t note is that his source, Secunia, only lists what vendors and researchers report. Results selectively include or exclude component software seemingly at random, and backhandedly claims its data is evidence of what it now tells journalists they shouldn’t report. Is Secunia presenting slanted information with the expectation it will be misused?”

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