Posted on Tuesday, December 29 2009 @ 19:25 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
McAfee predicts Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader will become the preferred targets for hackers in 2010. Both products are attractive targets due to their immense popularity and relatively bad security.
"Cybercriminals have long picked on Microsoft products due to their popularity. In 2010, we anticipate Adobe software, especially Acrobat Reader and Flash, will take the top spot," security vendor McAfee said in its "2010 Threat Predictions" report (PDF).
Hackers usually target the most widely used products in order to achieve the maximum impact. For a long time that has made Microsoft their primary target. But the software giant has tightened security in its recent OS releases, leading hackers to look for additional targets.
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