Microsoft – 47 percent decline in CRITICAL vulnerabilities in 2021
Uncategorized Comments Off on Microsoft – 47 percent decline in CRITICAL vulnerabilities in 2021WIndows 10/11 & the latest versions of Server, SQL-Server, Office, etc. all have improved security over past versions. There was a 47% reduction in CRITICAL security patches during 2021 & the same trend seems to be holding into 2022.
Microsoft ‘Critical’ Flaw Total Drops 47 Percent — Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report 2022 | BeyondTrust
Last year saw a significant decrease in “critical” security flaws in Microsoft software and a drop in overall vulnerabilities, according to a report released Friday by security firm BeyondTrust. The firm’s “Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report” takes a look at the total number of security bulletins issued in a year to provide a snapshot of Microsoft’s security landscape. The latest report found that the total number of Microsoft flaws (1,212 bulletins) fell 5 percent and that critical flaws saw a year-over-year decrease of 47 percent in 2021 — the largest decline BeyondTrust has seen since issuing this report.
While the overall amount of security flaws decreased, there was an uptick in elevation-of-privilege issues. Last year saw 588 reported flaws, compared to 2020’s 559. Further, security feature bypass saw a slight uptick to 44 flaws in 2021, compared to 30 from the previous year. Here’s the full breakdown of Microsoft’s vulnerability category totals for 2021:
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- Remote Code Execution: 326
- Elevation of Privilege: 588
- Information Disclosure: 129
- Denial of Service: 55
- Spoofing: 66
- Tampering: 3
- Security Feature Bypass: 44
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