According to TheBestVPN, the Debian operating system has been the most vulnerable for the last two decades. And for 2019 Debian was in second place.
Many believe that Windows is the most vulnerable operating system, which causes users to panic when they hear a new intrusion or security hole. Not to mention him mess with Windows 7 because Microsoft stopped supporting them. But is that the case? Apparently not, according to a new statistical survey, which first brings Debian into trouble.
According to an analysis that published by TheBestVPN with base the data received from National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Vulnerability Database (National Database of the National Institute of Standards and Technology) of USA, the Debian operating system had the most technical vulnerabilities, making it the most vulnerable product for the past 20 years.
Between 1999 and 2019, researchers discovered a total of 3.067 security holes in Debian, putting it in first place, while the first version of Windows, specifically the Windows Server 2008, we find them in ninth place with much fewer technical vulnerabilities ( 1.421 ).
In the same directory, Android and the linux kernel are in second and third place respectively, with 2.563 and 2.357 security vulnerabilities, while macOS is fourth with 2.212.
And for those who will say "20 years! last year's sour grapes", let's look at the list that is only for the year that has passed, i.e. only for 2019. There Android is number one with 414 vulnerabilities, followed in order by Debian, Windows Server 2106 and Windows 10, with 360, 357 and 357 security issues respectively.
In the same study, a distinction is made between "technical vulnerabilities" (i.e. known security gaps) and vulnerabilities (i.e. attacks). There the numbers change and bring Microsoft to first place in attacks and Debian to eighth in total of all known programs and operating systems. According to the authors of the report: “Microsoft is one of the most successful technology companies in the world, but its products remain vulnerable to attacks. There were 668 reported attacks in 2019. Since 2009, Microsoft has had 6.814 attacks, making it the most vulnerable in those 20 years. The first five positions are held by Oracle (6,115), IBM (4,679), Google (4,572) and Apple (4,512)”.
However, Linux is expected to grow and gain, along with customers and reputation, an even higher rate of attacks. In fact, as most security vulnerabilities have been shown so far, the situation can be diverted.
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