Microsoft: Flash/Java teammates pitted, Win8.1 risk increased

Computer Store News: On Wednesday, Microsoft released the latest "cybercrime security report 16", the biggest feature is that the number of exploits of Microsoft products has been significantly reduced in the second quarter of 2013, involving Win7, Win8, Win8 .1, Office and other products, but Flash/Java teammates still increase the security risk for the Windows platform.

This security report also counts vulnerability risk assessments for third-party products. Java and Adobe Flash Player are the two most vulnerable products. Microsoft also accuses both of which encourages cybercriminals to attack and reduce the frequency. Security on your own Windows platform. Oracle and Adobe, the two products of Java and Adobe Flash Player, are still Microsoft's best partners, responding quickly to various exploits and providing security updates in a timely manner.

According to Microsoft, a Java vulnerability exposed in the second quarter of last year was actually patched by Oracle in 2012, but in 2013, the number of attacks on the vulnerability continued to increase.

Another Flash Player has also received attention, especially after Win8 and Win8.1 native built-in Flash Player, Windows security is also affected.

Before, Flash frequently exposed zero-day vulnerabilities, causing IE10 and IE11 to be attacked by corresponding networks. Currently, Adobe is also co-launching the latest Flash Player security update on Microsoft's patch day.

But overall, the proportion of vulnerabilities against Windows continues to decline, while the risk of malware infection continues to grow, which also reflects the transformation of cybercrime activities.