HP report blames bad software patches for cyber insecurity

Guest 931 · Jun 5, 2015

...The report starts with a straightforward observation: "In the 2015 Cyber Risk Report, HP Security Research (HPSR) noted that the top nine vulnerabilities detected in the wild were all over three years old."

Why do companies (and individuals) leave their computers unpatched for three years or longer? Why don't customers trust vendors to patch their systems without introducing complications? Childs' analysis lists six factors:

Patches break things

Patches introduce security problems

Patches don't work as promised

Patches include undocumented or unwanted bonus "features"

At times, patches are pushed silently to users...

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/29...ad-software-patches-for-cyber-insecurity.html

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