iT News: Third party apps sour Apple's security credentials

Doubling of average flaws thanks to third party apps.

By Iain Thomson
Jul 13, 2010

More flaws were found in Apple's software than any other vendor over the first six months of 2010, according to vulnerability researchers at Secunia.

The report found that Apple beat long term leader Oracle and steady third placed Microsoft for the top spot on the vulnerabilities list. However, the report found that while the top 10 companies were targeted, they accounted for barely a third of all vulnerabilities, with third party applications causing a doubling of vulnerabilities on the average user PC last year.

The increase in the amount of third party application has fueled a big rise in the number of vulnerabilities the average user has to deal with the report found.

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