Exploits for Silverlight, Flash Player and Internet Explorer Most Used in 2014
 

Exploits for Silverlight, Flash Player and Internet Explorer Most Used in 2014
http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/...ed-in-2014.jpgA set of four vulnerabilities have been seen to be the aim of most exploit kits (EKs) this year, one for the Silverlight web browser plug-in, two for Adobe Flash Player and one affecting Internet Explorer.

One would expect exploit kits to take advantage of more recent security glitches, but many users do **t apply the latest updates for browser components, or even for the browser itself, and leave the door open to attacks.

Old or new, vulnerabilities permit arbitrary code execution

As such,... (read more)