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Programs in Peril

Popular apps have more security flaws than Windows does.

Andrew Sullivan

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A selection of programs from the SANS report, with the number of total vulnerabilities (patched and unpatched) for each app as listed by Secunia, another research firm.

The most recent list of the top 20 Internet vulnerabilities from computer security research organization SANS highlighted a disturbing development: There are now more known security holes in desktop applications than in the Windows operating system.

Here's a selection of programs from that report, with the number of total vulnerabilities (patched and unpatched) for each app as listed by Secunia, another research firm.

Sources: SANS; Secunia

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