Outdated programs main cause for security incidents

Did you update Flash on your PC? How about Java? According to cybersecurity firm Avast, you probably didn't -- and that's the number one cause of cybersecurity incidents. Avast just released a new report, entitled Avast PC Trends Report January 2017, which is based on insights from the company’s AVG TuneUp product, and says that more than half (52 percent) of the most popular PC applications have outdated installations on consumers' devices. That way, Avast claims, people are exposing their data to cybercriminals, as their machines become vulnerable to malware and ransomware. Drawing intel from 116 million Windows machines worldwide, here are… [Continue Reading]