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Kaspersky cites updates for Windows security
PC SECURITY VENDOR Kaspersky claims that due to regular updates, Microsoft's Windows operating system is no longer in its vulnerability top 10.
Kaspersky's quarterly malware report found Adobe's Flash and Oracle's Java were the roots of the majority of vulnerabilities that made it into the top 10 of its quarterly malware report. It is reporting that Microsoft products have failed to make it into the top 10 due to automatic updates and the improved security model of Windows 7.
In Kaspersky's report, the firm also outlined the countries in which users are most likely to be subject to web attacks. Countries such as Iraq, Russia and Saudi Arabia posed a 40 to 60 per cent risk for its web users while the UK and US were lumped in the firm's "average risk group", meaning there is a 21 to 41 per cent chance that a user could be infected with malware.
Yury Namestnikov, senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Lab said, "Over the last few years, India has been growing steadily more attractive to cybercriminals as the number of computers in the country increases steadily. Other factors that attract the cybercriminals include a low overall level of computer literacy and the prevalence of pirated software that is never updated." Namestnikov pinpointed India as a place where there are millions of unprotected computers.
It is encouraging to see Microsoft's painful transition to an improved Linux-like security model finally paying off. While it is far from being absolutely perfect, any improvement is welcome due to the number of consumer users who are reliant upon Windows. µ
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Wow, the ignorance is breathtaking. A Linux like security model?
You mean like a full ACL system across everything that Windows had for years before Linux just about managed to add it to the filesystem only?
Or a Microkernel architecture that seperates as many processes as possible into user space? (Linux still hasnt got there yet)
Or a low vulnerability count? (about 10:1 for a Linux distribution versus a current Windows server version)
This and many similar reasons is why if you run an Internet LINUX server you are many, many times more likely to be hacked than if you run a Windows one...
http://www.zone-h.org/news/id/4737
Windows doesn't have what I'd call an adequate security model: absolutely preventing programs from accessing network without explicit, physical, and annoying actions taken by user, not just one click to okay all (and that's at most, easily circumvented by automation because of stoopid "flexibility"). Without control over network access, an OS can never approach secure. (And, no, not saying Linux has this, either.) It's just amazing that in the 21st century, you get useless graphics like Aero Glass instead of even attempts at the obvious for security.