NewsBot Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Decrease in Critical Issues and Bulletins As far as individual issues, Critical-class CVEs accounted for less than a third of the issues we addressed in bulletin releases for the first time since we began our monthly bulletin-release cadence in 2004. And in absolute numbers, Critical-class CVEs are at their lowest levels since 2005. The fact that we're seeing lower percentages of Critical issues and bulletins year-over-year demonstrates progress made by the product groups in creating more secure software. With this regularly scheduled monthly release, our bulletin count for 2011 is 99, with 13 released today. Of those, we determined 10 to be Important-class bulletins, with only three classified as Critical in severity. In 2011, Critical-class bulletins represented just 32 percent of all bulletins – the lowest percentage since we began our monthly bulletin-release cadence in 2004 and, again, the lowest absolute number since 2005. Interestingly, for the second half of the year the numbers are even lower, with under 20 percent of bulletins released in the last six months rated Critical in severity. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Well Microsoft are now more using .NET which is easier to write more secure code because it uses CIL virtual machine, and C# does automatic garbage collection, etc. Also Internet Explorer nowadays uses "Protected Mode" which is sandboxing. I think Microsoft have gotten better at security lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_A Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 ... I think Microsoft have gotten better at security lately. I agree -- and that's why there has been a huge rise in malware in the last two years that targets everything else, particularly Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, and Sun/Oracle Java (a.k.a Java run-time a.k.a Java JRE). . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I am also glad that Microsoft made Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). I like MSE. I don't know how it compares to other antivirus software in terms of response time, false positives, speed, etc but it seems light and non-intrusive. It's simple, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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