‘Whose Fault Is It When Your PC Gets Hacked? Probably Not Microsoft’s’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Whose Fault Is It When Your PC Gets Hacked? Probably Not Microsoft’s”.

Antone Gonsalves says, “Since 2002, when Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative, security in the company’s products have improved each year. But while the company has increasingly battened down Windows, Office and its other programs, the number of vulnerabilities in harder-to-patch third-party applications has grown dramatically, making overall security on the PC worse than ever.

More Risk In Third-Party Apps

Rather than go through the expense of battling Microsoft directly, many hackers now focus on low-hanging fruit, such as the Java and Adobe Flash browser plug-ins, which are often left un-patched even by users who conscientiously update Windows and Office. This trend was highlighted in a new study by Secunia“.

Whose Fault Is It When Your PC Gets Hacked? Probably Not Microsoft’s

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