TheBestVPN organize data according to the "National Vulnerability Database US National Institute of Standards and Technology," published a report showed that, Android is the most vulnerable of the 2019 operating system, we found a total of 414 vulnerabilities. Second, it is a 360 vulnerabilities Debian Linux, Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, respectively ranked third and fourth.
In addition, in 2016 and 2017, Android is also the most loopholes in the operating system. Only in 2018, when the number of vulnerabilities Debian GNU / Linux more than Android, topping the list.
Interestingly, it can be seen from the figure, since the period 1999-2019 in 20 years, Debian Linux has been replaced by Android become the largest number of vulnerabilities of the operating system. The total, Debian Linux vulnerabilities were found in 3067, Android OS is found 2563 vulnerabilities. In addition, Windows Server 2008 is the largest number of vulnerable versions of Windows, the number of vulnerabilities 1421.
And for the report results, according to Fast Company reports that, Android spokesman expressed a different opinion, it said, "We are committed to improving transparency and public security bulletins released Android-related problems have been resolved month to strengthen the security of the ecosystem. we do not agree with this point of view, that is a measure of the number of operating system security issues that have been resolved representation of the safety of the platform. this is actually the result of the openness of the Android ecosystem working as expected. "
However, Android system, why there are so many loopholes in it? Security researchers said in a report, Android pre-installed third-party applications may be an important reason. As early as January of this year, there are more than 50 privacy advocacy organizations preloaded application harm caused to the Google open letter , asked Google to take action against destructive software pre-installed on Android devices.
On the other hand, third-party original equipment manufacturers for the development of non-standard Android system also raises an important reason for security vulnerabilities. Samsung recently when attempting to make changes to the Samsung Galaxy A50 of the Android kernel on the introduction of new security vulnerabilities. Google Project Zero (GPZ) team on Samsung Android kernel vulnerability has been reported , Google engineers also called and said: Please do not modify the mobile phone manufacturers have their own Linux kernel code !
Overall, the important thing is whether smart phones regularly receive security updates. Consumer watchdog agency recently on the issue of the Android security warning that the current view, the world has more than one billion Android devices are no longer supported by security updates, they are very vulnerable to the object of attack.
It is worth mentioning that in the TheBestVPN report was released, Microsoft, Oracle and other companies launched products in the number of vulnerabilities discovered even more. In the period 1999-2019, the Microsoft product vulnerabilities found a total of 6814. Specific list is as follows: