A study released by the Danish security company Secunia found that Apple's applications are more vulnerable than Microsoft. In addition, the company Steve Jobs still holds - the first time - first place in the ranking of companies that have more security bugs. Second place gets aOracle, followed by Microsoft, HP and Adobe.

Secunia says the survey findings do not point to the security provided by each company, but those that have more holes in their products.

According to the report, Apple programs such as the Safari browser, the player Quicktime and Quicktime media manager not only are not the safest but are also those with the largest number of vulnerability s. The iPhone maker has also remained consistently ahead of Microsoft in this regard. "People should rethink when they think Microsoft's products represent the greatest threat on the Internet," says the report.

The document also points out that despite the investments, none of the companies that occupy the seven first places in the ranking could reduce security bugs in their products. Rather, the number of vulnerabilities for each increased between 136% and 440% since 2005.

The analysis also confirms the general perception that a high market share in a given application is correlated with a high number of vulnerabilities. That is, the more popular is an application, more security bugs it will have. Secunia also recommends that companies adopt new technologies that allow the automatic installation of security updates in the programs.

To view the study of Secunia, click here (PDF in English).