Adobe is aware of these problems with their software being targeting so they have recently decided to require a quarterly patching cycle, an idea taken from Microsoft. Adobe has decided to take a more proactive approach to finding and fixing bugs.
Some of the other companies that made the most hacked software list were Internet Explorer, Firefox, Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime, Microsoft Office, and Windows. Cybersecurity research frim Qualys was one of the companies that Forbes used to do find out the most vulnerable software and their chief technology officer, Wolfgang Kandek, states that "wormable" quality to Windows bugs means they remain his top priority.
Some people believe that if they are only using trusted software that they will not be vulnerable to many of the bug you read about in the news, but really it is the most common software that we use that causes the hackers to be able to get into our system.
Michelle, Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that Adobe would be a security risk especially since it is only a "reader". I don't usually bother with updates to software when what I have is working and that is true of Acrobat as well. Since reading your post I have checked and updated my Acrobat Reader. Thanks for the information. I am not going to miss blogging, but, some of these posts have been very helpful.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting information. I would definitely agree that Adobe is on every pc these days and it definitely makes it a perfect candidate for hacking. Very interesting information.
ReplyDeleteMichelle, great post! It seems to me no matter what anyone does to combat hackers they eventually succeed! It's frustrating to think how much damage has been done in the past, but I hope that in the future new solutions will finally overcome and surpass all of these continual threats.
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