By many measures, the core of the problem behind computer security flaws and big Internet attacks such as the ones in recent weeks comes down to one company: Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft's Windows operating systems runs about 95 percent of computers in the world. Along with Microsoft's ubiquity, its software is a favorite target of hackers who say it is riddled with security holes and therefore easier to exploit than other operating systems.
And hackers do exploit it -- with vigor.
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