> In the last few years we have seen a dramatic increase in vulnerabilities in common applications. This has happened due to the increased availability of software testing tools, like fuzzing for example (we just posted a new blog on fuzzing here).
So security/debugging tools increased the number of [discovered/exploited] vulnerabilities, because developers don't use them. Only malware developers and third-party security researchers take the time to test security.
Yup, unless you're a seriously security or stability focused company you don't even use basic stuff like static analysis, let alone fuzzing. Tools for these are often either expensive, hard to use or both.
So security/debugging tools increased the number of [discovered/exploited] vulnerabilities, because developers don't use them. Only malware developers and third-party security researchers take the time to test security.