US-CERT: Cyber Security Bulletin 2005 Summary

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 4, 2006

“Information in the US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin is a
compilation and includes information published by outside sources,
so the information should not be considered the result of US-CERT
analysis. Software vulnerabilities are categorized in the
appropriate section reflecting the operating system on which the
vulnerability was reported; however, this does not mean that the
vulnerability only affects the operating system reported since this
information is obtained from open-source information.

“This bulletin provides a year-end summary of software
vulnerabilities that were identified between January 2005 and
December 2005. The information is presented only as a index with
links to the US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin the information was
published in. There were 5198 reported vulnerabilities: 812 Windows
operating system vulnerabilities; 2328 Unix/Linux operating
vulnerabilities; and 2058 Multiple operating system
vulnerabilities…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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