Vulnerabilties

Researchers from CSIS have monitored 50 different exploit kits, and found out that 31.3 % of users were infected with the virus/malware due to missing security updates.

Over a period of three months, researchers from CSIS have monitored 50 different exploit kits on 44 unique servers, and found out that 31.3 % were infected with the virus/malware due to missing security updates.

In particular, users were running outdated versions of specific applications and browser plugins. Java JRE accounted for 37 percent of the most vulnerable applications, followed by Adobe Reader/Acrobat with 32 percent and Adobe Flash with 16 percent.