Microsoft reports that third party software developers patched only 45 percent of the flaws the company’s security team reported to them between July 2009 and June 2010.
“The newest number, however, was more than triple that during the year-long stretch through June 2009, when developers patched a measly 13 percent of the bugs Microsoft reported,” writes Computerworld’s Gregg Keizer.
“Microsoft did not reveal the number of vulnerabilities its engineers found and reported to other companies in last 12 months, but did note that 97 percent of the bugs were rated by Microsoft as either ‘critical’ or ‘important,’ the company’s two highest threat rankings in its four-step scoring system,” Keizer writes.
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