There are some software which allways in hitlist of hackers that software always creat challange to hackers this year there are some software which are in ther hit list of hackers

So, According to Forbes recently released 2009’s `Most-Hacked Software’ list. The list names the software and applications that were biggest targets of hacker attacks in 2009. The software used most by hackers and other cyber criminals to sneak into your system and cause havoc.

Here’s over to the 7 Most Hacked Software of 2009.

This year’s Most hacked software belongs to Adobe. Adobe Inc’s popular software Adobe Reader is the most hacked software of the year 2009 . Security firm iDefense reportedly tracked as many as 45 bugs in the Adobe Reader programme . The number is up from 14 in 2008 and seven in 2007.

At No. 2 on the Most Hacked Software list is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. as the ie is always in hot on hackers and scammers target list. According to the news report, IE’s complex code base with no shortage of bugs helps hackers.Security researchers found 30 bugs in IE this year, almost the same number as last year and way down from 49 found in 2007.

The open source browser Mozilla Firefox is the year 2009’s third Most Hacked Software. Closest rival to Internet Explorer with approximately 25% marketshare.

Researchers and cybercriminals found as many as 102 bugs in Firefox this year, an increase of 12 bugs vi-a-vis last year’s 90 bugs. Wondering what makes its more vulnerable than IE which showed 30 bugs.
At No. 4 on the Most Hacked Software list is Adobe’s popular design software Flash, commonly used for viewing animations and movies. The report found 11 vulnerabilities in the programme this year, down 8 from 19 last year.

Next on the hit-list of hackers is Apple Quicktime, a multimedia framework used for handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation and music. Though Apple talks about immunity from bugs in its machines, however, security experts feel that relative security comes from its low marketshare and not careful coding.
According to the report, 26 bugs were found in Quicktime in 2009, down 10 from 36 found in 2008. The number looks high compared to mere 3 found in Windows Media Player.

At No. 6 is another Microsoft software, Microsoft Office. IDefense tracked 41 bugs in Microsoft’s popular suite of apps in 2009, down from 44 in 2008. According to the report, hackers many a times use Microsoft Office applications like PowerPoint, Excel or Word document to plant malicious code.

Another Microsoft software on Most Hacked Software list is at no. 7. The company’s Windows-based operating system continue to be top on hackers choice.

source Times of india