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There is no perfect software. It was always shadowing the minds of software developers. One example is not perfect a security hole in software. Software typically has a security hole that can be infiltrated by cyber criminals. Cyber criminals typically exploit these holes for things such as spreading malicious malware, viruses, and phishing.

Microsoft recently issued a patch to patch security holes. They categorize it as critical security vulnerability.

Adobe, a company famous for its Photoshop products, began scheduled to release a security update. Adobe hopes that users patch the holes that exist on the Acrobat Reader, which was first detected on December 14, 2009.

“We see this security vulnerability actively exploited by attackers,” said Greenbaum. “At the end of December of this attack looked sharp increase and then decrease, but we continue to see attacks limited to such exploitation. There is a possibility that a more reliable type of exploitation is being developed.
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