Research carried out by Veracode found that 58 per cent of applications could be compromised by the attacks seen recently on organisations such as Google and the US Department of Defense.
The study examined almost 1,600 pieces of internally-developed, open source, outsourced and commercial pieces of software as part of its State of Software Security report.
It also showed that open source software is often stronger than commercial applications, as it tends to have comparable security features, fewer potential backdoors and faster remediation times.
Commenting on the study, Gartner fellow and vice president Joseph Feiman told IT security consultants 'to conduct their own inspection of all application code they procure from third-parties'.
Mark McLaughlin, chief executive of Verisign, recently told the BBC that cybercriminals are resorting to increasingly sophisticated and malicious attacks when trying to breach security systems.
The study examined almost 1,600 pieces of internally-developed, open source, outsourced and commercial pieces of software as part of its State of Software Security report.
It also showed that open source software is often stronger than commercial applications, as it tends to have comparable security features, fewer potential backdoors and faster remediation times.
Commenting on the study, Gartner fellow and vice president Joseph Feiman told IT security consultants 'to conduct their own inspection of all application code they procure from third-parties'.
Mark McLaughlin, chief executive of Verisign, recently told the BBC that cybercriminals are resorting to increasingly sophisticated and malicious attacks when trying to breach security systems.
