Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows apps

Iria · Nov 5, 2007, 03:16 AM

Source: Zero Day Blog (ZDNet)
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Software products marketed by Yahoo and Apple have topped the list of the most vulnerable Windows-based applications in 2007, according to endpoint security vendor Bit9.
The list, available here (registration required), focuses on popular, widely deployed Windows programs that are often very difficult for an IT department to locate or patch and, as Bit9 explains, “represent unexpected and unquantified vulnerabilities in an enterprise IT environment.”

Nov 5, 2007, 03:16 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows apps Source: Zero Day Blog (ZDNet) ________ Software products marketed by Yahoo and Apple have topped the list of the most vulnerable Windows-based applications in 2007, according to endpoint security vendor Bit9. The list, available here (registration required), focuses on popular, widely deployed Windows programs that are often very difficult for an IT department to locate or patch and, as Bit9 explains, “represent unexpected and unquantified vulnerabilities in an enterprise IT environment.”