Study: 65% of firms at risk because of outdated software

Study: 65% of firms at risk because of outdated software

Security study showed that a large percentage of companies presented their data because of installed software that is not updated on the devices in the network, resulting in the exploitation of computer hackers for those gaps to penetrate their networks.

She said a study conducted by Research International B2B experts that only 35% of all companies are installing updates for software installed on your devices automatically.

The Kaspersky Labs for data security that hackers and cybercriminals are using well-known tool – is a software used to exploit gaps in out-of-date software and programs used are malicious software using gaps in operating systems and applications to infect computers.

The malware usually launch attacks on companies because of the difficulty of detection and destruction by the institutional security solutions, Kaspersky Lab that the easiest way to thwart threats lies in getting rid of gaps as quickly as possible by installing security patches, but it may be difficult for many companies to install updates securely on a large number of workstations.

The B2B International study on the survey of more than 5,000 it Manager working in different companies around the world at the request of Kaspersky Lab, and was among the questions they were asked about their use of certain technology in installing updates on corporate workstations and poll results among the companies which deliberately based management tools only 35% used this technique.

Updates often are designed to enhance the performance of programmes and to ensure their stability. From the point of view of security updates are are most important, as it helps in getting rid of loopholes that could allow cybercriminals infecting workstations.

The study shows that cybercriminals get more to choose the most prevalent software as a medium to launch the attack, such as the Oracle Java software and Adobe acrobat reader.

According to Kaspersky Lab, Java is the most popular among cybercriminals where 50% of all software used in 2012 at this rostrum. The second comes Adobe Acrobat Reader by 28%. These programmes are traditional software installed on a large number of workstations in-this means that the majority of the company's computers at risk unless such software is updated continuously.

"Kaspersky Lab" to ensure all download and install updates regularly, the first option is to customize certain periods of hours of it professionals to install all updates on each machine manually, this course is costly and unreliable, the second option is the adoption of the automated tool is the best solution.