Number: IRCNE2014122404
Date: 2014/12/20
According to “itpro”, Google Chrome has the highest level of detected vulnerabilities, while Avant haa the second highest, according to research.
Security detection company Secunia exposed 162 Chrome threats in October alone, which is quite a hike from its August number of 64. Avant claimed 159, while the third in line was iTunes with 83.
However, the firm said the reason the number is so high is because Google has the most advanced detection system in the industry, meaning it's probably more secure than others that have lower readings.
Kasper Lindgaard, Secunia’s director of research and security, said: "It is almost always Google themselves who disclose the vulnerabilities," meaning it's safer to use "due to the vendor proactively hunting down and fixing vulnerabilities before anyone knows about them”.
Not only does Google have a stringent in-house vulnerability detection system, it also offers attractive rewards to those outsiders who uncover risks, encouraging white hat hackers and security researchers to report any vulnerabilities they detect in return for a bounty.
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