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Adobe Flash To Be Top Hacker Target In 2010

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the flash-in-the-pan dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Adobe Systems' Flash and Acrobat Reader products will become the preferred targets for criminal hackers (PDF) in 2010, surpassing Microsoft Office applications, a security vendor predicted this week. '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. 'We have absolutely seen an increase in the number of attacks, around Reader in particular and also Flash Player to some extent,' CTO Kevin Lynch told reporters at the Adobe Max conference in October. 'We're working to decrease the amount of time between when we know about a problem and when we release a fix. That used to be a couple of months; now it's within two weeks for critical issues.'"

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  1. Re:I already see this happening by just_another_sean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Exactly. I can't stand the one where he keeps telling me how white my shirts could be.

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  2. Re:I already see this happening by Aeros · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rush Limbaugh?

  3. Re:I already see this happening by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nope, not doing it. Is PizzaAnalogyGuy around?

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  4. Re:I already see this happening by sopssa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I could use some of that. Lets say I forgot what mother always told me about washing white and red clothes, and that I'll be wearing pink for a while.

  5. In other news.... by awyeah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... 2010 is predicted to be the year of the Linux desktop.

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  6. Re:I already see this happening by stuntpope · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But at least you smoke better cigarettes than he does!

  7. Re:I already see this happening by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perfect, thanks!

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  8. Re:I already see this happening by Sulphur · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tell a pizza waitress not to put flash malware on the pie.

    Instead of complying, the cook puts it under the cheese.