Security News > 2019 > January > Most out of date applications exposed: Shockwave, VLC and Skype top the list

More than half (55%) of PC applications installed worldwide are out-of-date, making PC users and their personal data vulnerable to security risks. Avast’s PC Trends Report 2019 found that users are making themselves vulnerable by not implementing security patches and keeping outdated versions of popular applications on their PCs. The applications where updates are most frequently neglected include Adobe Shockwave (96%), VLC Media Player (94%) and Skype (94%). The report, which uses anonymized and aggregated … More → The post Most out of date applications exposed: Shockwave, VLC and Skype top the list appeared first on Help Net Security.

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