A July 25 Computerworld article cites the results of a study saying that the largest software vendors account for fewer software flaws than in past years. The article opens by saying "Thought it might not seem that way, the top 10 most vulnerable software vendors -- and yes, that includes Microsoft Corp. -- are contributing a smaller percentage of all vulnerability disclosures per year compared with five years ago. That's according to an analysis by Gunter Ollmann, director of security strategies at Internet Security Systems Inc.'s X-Force team, which is a unit of IBM."
The article reports that in the past 5 years, the list of the most vulnerable vendors has included Microsoft, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, the Linux Kernel Organization, Oracle, and Apple Inc.
That's something to think about the next time you see one of those smug Apple ads about OS X being especially secure compared to Windows.
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