Linux Online - Security Group, Governments Name Top Windows, Linux Vulnerabilities

Security Group, Governments Name Top Windows, Linux Vulnerabilities


Publication:	CRN	Date:	Oct 10 2003

A security organization, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and security agencies from both the Canadian and British governments, on Wednesday published its fourth annual list of the most commonly exploited Internet vulnerabilities.

The SysAdmin Audit Security Network (SANS) Institute, which first rolled out a list four years ago with the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), unveiled a pair of Top 10 lists, one noting vulnerabilities within Windows software, the other tagging the top flaws in Linux and Unix programs.

"The list is a consensus of the knowledge of people around the world who are on the front lines in the battle against cybercrime," said Alan Paller, the director of research at the SANS Institute. Representatives from various federal agencies, security experts from the governments of the U.K. and Singapore, academics, and security professionals from the commercial sector compiled the list and voted on the most egregious vulnerabilities.