On its site, (see http://www.oisafety.org for more),the group says: "Today, there are no agreed-upon processes for handling security vulnerabilities. The lack of any consensus procedures complicates the process of fixing vulnerabilities, and...
Cluley said: "Microsoft is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to vulnerabilities. One-third of business users blame Microsoft for the recent worm outbreak, despite the company's security efforts, according to a poll.
But it added: "We believe, however, that minimising RFID technology and system vulnerabilities - to ensure that attackers cannot obtain confidential data by compromising systems - is equally important.
The researchers wrote: "While it is reassuring that Microsoft is finding and fixing these defects, we expect that vulnerabilities will continue to be discovered for some time. Microsoft said: "Given that Windows Vista is still in the beta stage of...
According to Apple, in the first quarter of last year it shipped 2.3 million Macs, representing 44 per cent growth year-on-year. The company released the patches this week after a number of vulnerabilities were discovered in the browser recently...
Although it did not give a figure for sales of Vista at this point in time, Gartner said that last year 54 million copies of Vista Home and 29 million copies of Vista Business shipped, and that by the end of the year 172 million and 138 million...