|
|
Image courtesy of vendor
|
|
Third Party Threats
It's no secret that as applications acquire more functionality, the more susceptible they are to security threats. As social networking sites encourage users to build add-ons for their network, users will be opening themselves up to exploits from vulnerabilities in third-party applications. Consequently, users will increasingly be subjected to things like buffer overflow vulnerabilities in image uploaders, which are typically hosted by third parties.
"The more function an application has, the less secure it tends to be," said Roger Thompson, chief research officer for AVG. "There are simply more opportunities for things to go wrong."
Next Slide
|
|
