Adobe will be top target for hackers in 2010

From NetworkWorld:

Adobe Systems' Flash and Acrobat Reader products will become the preferred targets for criminal hackers in 2010, surpassing Microsoft Office applications, a security vendor predicted this week.

"Cybercriminals have long picked on Microsoft products due to their popularity. In 2010, we anticipate Adobe software, especially Acrobat Reader and Flash, will take the top spot," security vendor McAfee said in its "2010 Threat Predictions" report (PDF).

Hackers usually target the most widely used products in order to achieve the maximum impact. For a long time that has made Microsoft their primary target. But the software giant has tightened security in its recent OS releases, leading hackers to look for additional targets.

McAfee also predicts more sophisticated attacks on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, Mozilla's Firefox browser, Apple's Quicktime media player, and Google's Chrome OS, with HTML 5 serving as a new vehicle for infiltration.