Security report shows that the number of flaws in Microsoft products more than doubled

Feb 4, 2014 13:07 GMT  ·  By
The number of security flaws in Microsoft products more than doubled last year
   The number of security flaws in Microsoft products more than doubled last year

Microsoft struggles to make its software a little bit more secure, but a new report published by GFI Labs shows that the number of flaws found in its software more than doubled in 2013 as compared to 2012.

Redmond had to fix a total of 344 vulnerabilities in 2013 versus 169 in 2012, which clearly shows that Microsoft worked a lot to improve the overall security of its products.

At the same time, Windows remained the most targeted operating system in 2013, with Windows Server 2008 affected by 104 vulnerabilities last year, while Windows 7 and Windows Vista come net with 100 and 96 flaws, respectively.

Unsurprisingly, Internet Explorer is also among the most targeted applications with 128 found security flaws, up from only 41 in 2012.

“There has been an overall increase in number of vulnerabilities for all operating systems, irrespective of brand – Microsoft or Linux. Microsoft’s operating systems once again took top spot, overtaking Apple iOS, which had the highest number of vulnerabilities last year,” the report states.