|
Google disputes bug patching report |
|
|
|
Source: Computer World - Posted by Alex
|
Google on Monday said that a recent report claiming it failed to patch one-third of the serious bugs in its software had the facts wrong.
IBM's X-Force security unit, which released the report last week, acknowledged the error and issued a revised chart that shows Google patched all the vulnerabilities rated "critical" or "high" in its online services.
"We questioned a number of surprising findings concerning Google's vulnerability rate and response record, and after discussions with IBM, we discovered a number of errors that had important implications for the report's conclusions," said Adam Mein, a security program manager at Google, in an entry on a company blog.
Last week, X-Force's report claimed that 9% of all Google bugs disclosed in the first half of 2010 were unpatched, and 33% of the vulnerabilities ranked as critical or high had not been fixed.
Read this full article at Computer World
Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register. Powered by AkoComment! |
