Security Report Claims Net Holes Hidden

[HardOCP News]

A new Internet security analysis finds that computer vulnerabilities actually decreased last year for the first time in ten years. Despite the good news, researchers behind the report caution against letting your guard down saying there has been no improvement in Web safety.

The annual "X-Force" report, released Monday by Internet Security Systems, part of IBM Corp., says network and software vendors acknowledged 6,437 security flaws in 2007, down 5.4 percent from the prior year. Chris Rouland, ISS's chief technology officer, said that in at least 10 years of counting he hadn't seen that figure drop.

 

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Acknowledgments dropped.