All PC Tips » hacking http://www.allpctips.com For beginners and experts alike Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:19:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Adobe Flash and Adobe PDF may be targets for Hackers this year http://www.allpctips.com/2010/01/20/adobe-flash-and-adobe-pdf-may-be-targets-for-hackers-this-year/ http://www.allpctips.com/2010/01/20/adobe-flash-and-adobe-pdf-may-be-targets-for-hackers-this-year/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:58:57 +0000 Jeya Eskalin http://www.allpctips.com/2010/01/20/adobe-flash-and-adobe-pdf-may-be-targets-for-hackers-this-year/ Read the Rest...
]]> In a recent report by McAfee, it warns that Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader maybe a likely target for the hackers this year. These hackers usually targeted Microsoft products to hack. They try to identify the security loopholes in these files and try to compromise the security by developing malwares and viruses that will exploit these applications. But recently adobe flash and adobe readers are widely in use today and therefore hackers have turned their attention towards these programs.

Another reason could be that Microsoft has continuously improved their software and applications by providing patches and upgrades that have reduced these loopholes tremendously. The CEO of Adobe has accepted that hackers have turned their attention towards their range of products.

McAfee has also identified instances where hackers have compromised Apple’s Quicktime and Mozilla’s Firefox. Additionally social networking sites such as twitter may also be a likely target.

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