Outdated OSes, Unpatched Browsers Expose Companies to Risk
Found on eWEEK on Monday, 05 June 2017
Users around the world continue to run older operating systems and unpatched software applications. That was one of the findings of Duo Security's 2017 Trusted Access Report, released on June 5.
Adobe's Flash is also a problem, with 53 percent of endpoints analyzed by Duo Security running out-of-date and vulnerable versions.
Laziness is only a smaller part of the story; when Microsoft started its aggressive upgrade approach, many users who did not want to get a new OS shoved down their throats simply opted out of upgrades. A move which turned out to not as bad as it sounded at first, seeing how updates in Windows 10 can interrupt your daily work and lead to unexpected reboots. Plus, it looks like updates are less tested: when an update breaks the software you are relying on, the only option is to not install them. Make updates reliable and user-friendly again, and you slowly win back your userbase.