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The Security Intelligence Report 19 is now available

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Number of disclosures in Microsoft software


Microsoft has recently published the Security Intelligence Report volume 19 to provide a closer look at the latest security trends affecting both its software and the one developed by other companies.

The software giant reveals that the number of vulnerability disclosures for Microsoft products increased from 209 in the second half of 2014 to 266 in the first half of 2015, which is a growth of 27.3 percent.

While this looks like a lot, the company shows in the graph you can also see here that the number of vulnerability disclosures for non-Microsoft products is much higher, although a significant drop was recorded from H2 2014 to H1 2015 (notice that the graph shows the overall figures for all non-Microsoft products).

Third-party apps still the most vulnerable

Microsoft also shows that, for the moment, web browsers, the core operating system and OS apps account for the smallest part of vulnerability disclosures, while other applications are responsible for nearly 55.6 percent of all reports.

Microsoft explains in the official documents:

“Disclosures of vulnerabilities in applications other than web browsers and operating system applications decreased by nearly half from 2H14 to 1H15, but remained the most common type of vulnerability in 1H15, accounting for 55.6 percent of all disclosures for the period. A research project in 2H14 uncovered SSL vulnerabilities in a large number of Android apps in the Google Play Store, explaining the increase and subsequent decrease of application vulnerabilities.”

Microsoft has significantly improved the security of Windows in the latest few years, and the company guarantees that, with Windows 10, users and their data are significantly more secure.

Windows 10 and the pre-installed apps employ new security systems to block exploits and make it harder for an intruder to access user data. Edge browser, for instance, no longer allows the installation of third-party add-ons unless they're approved by Microsoft and the user, thus making it impossible for malicious toolbars to reach your PC.

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In a related story, Google published a document that says Google software is more reliable than non-Google software!

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In a related story, Google published a document that says Google software is more reliable than non-Google software!

Microsoft is trying to Monopolize the whole software world is all.. they only want you to be able to install windows O/S and they would like to do away with all legacy apps and for you only use the ones posted in there store . Only reason they let you install legacy apps at all in windows 10 is because they knew they never be able sell it with just modern apps . I used legacy apps in windows 7 and windows 8.1 for years and when I tested windows 10 July-Oct and never had any trouble with malware at all .

Only windows 10 is very secure if you use sandboxed apps from there store . But then you have Microsoft spying on you because when you use there services M$ is doing the spying If you use legacy apps witch most everyone still does its just like any other O/S. :lol:

The mutiny is M$ or Google calming there stuff is secure when there products are spyware themselves . Who's going to protect you from them ? :P

Its like M$ writes hidden folders to you're extremal hard-drives on windows 10 and windows 8.1 without you’re permission . when you install windows they even try to own you’re hard-drives you don’t even have windows on! That's not very secure ...

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No Microsoft software is secure. The same processes it is using to get data from users computers has opened up more holes in the software than they can possibly patch in a decade. Penetration testing on updated versions of Windows 7/8.1/10 show that they are now easier to break into than any version of windows prior to adding all the 'holes' for transmitting telemetry. And bitlocker encryption is so easy to break it isn't even worth the time it takes to encrypt the drive.

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