“New operating systems, social networking sites, and the
emergence of the HTML 5 Web markup language will give hackers and
malware designers even more opportunities to ply their crooked
trade in 2010, according to security software vendor McAfee.“In its “2010 Threat Predictions” report (available here in PDF
format), McAfee (NYSE: MFE) researchers said that Adobe’s Acrobat
Reader and Flash applications will surpass Microsoft’s Office
applications as the code of choice for cyber criminals next
year.“”Cybercriminals have long picked on Microsoft products due to
their popularity,” McAfee said in the report. “In 2010, we
anticipate Adobe software, especially Acrobat Reader and Flash,
will take the top spot.”
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