iPad, Adobe, McAfee

McAfee has reported that Adobe programs will remain the favoured entry point for hackers in 2010 – with exploits in the likes of Acrobat and Flash pushing it clear of Microsoft’s Office applications.

As the iPad is set to ship with unprecedented levels of DRM security, only licensed commercial programs will feature on the tablet, leaving problems open for users of Adobe software. Adobe has hardly covered itself with glory in 2009, with problems in its Flash reading software – Acrobat and Reader – earning criticism .

McAfee believes that 2010 will not see the company fare much better.

“We expect that in 2010 Adobe product exploitation is likely to surpass that of Microsoft Office applications in the number of desktop PCs being attacked,” the report said.

Adobe will no doubt be a little miffed that McAfee is predicting that they will fail, but it’s increasingly clear that the company needs to make sure that Flash is not a route into our PCs.

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