Debian Linux Was the Most Vulnerable Operating System in the Last 20 Years
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Debian Linux Was the Most Vulnerable Operating System in the Last 20 Years
Author: Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa, Microsoft News Editor)Many believe Windows is the most vulnerable operating system, which makes users running it sitting ducks in front of attackers trying to hack into their computers.
But according to an analysis published by TheBestVPN based on data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Vulnerability Database, Debian Linux was the operating system with the biggest number of vulnerabilities in the last 20 years.
Between 1999 and 2019, researchers discovered a total of 3,067 security flaws in Debian Linux, while Windows Server 2008, which is the Windows version with the biggest number of vulnerabilities, is far behind with just 1,421 security bugs.
Android and the Linux kernel are second and third in this list with 2,563 and 2,357 flaws, respectively, while macOS is fourth with 2,212.
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