Risky Business Features Podcast
October 02, 2026
Bug count sounds impressive... but means little
Presented by
James Wilson
Technology Editor
In this solo Risky Business Features episode, James Wilson explains why “number of bugs” fixed in any given update is a misleading metric. We’ve seen up to 1,000 individual bug fixes in a single update recently, but that doesn’t give defenders the full picture they need to manage risks.
Not all bugs are equally exploitable, so the industry needs to catch up to the bugpocalypse with more transparency. And maybe an entirely different approach to patching.
Bug count sounds impressive... but means little
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