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5,198 Software Flaws Found in 2005

Posted by Zonk on from the better-to-find-them-than-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Security researchers uncovered nearly 5,200 software vulnerabilities in 2005, almost 40 percent more than the number discovered in 2004, according to Washingtonpost.com. From the article: 'According to US-CERT...researchers found 812 flaws in the Windows operating system, 2,328 problems in various versions of the Unix/Linux operating systems (Mac included). An additional 2,058 flaws affected multiple operating systems.'"

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  1. Re:Axe Grinding by ginotech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is messed up. You're right, simply updating a vulnerability doesn't make it a new one. You know why Linux and co. have more updated ones, though? Because people can actually see the bugs in the code!