Third-party software accounts for 86 per cent of PC vulnerabilities
Nine out of 10 security flaws are a result of non-native products such as Chrome, Firefox and iTunes
Almost nine out of 10 security flaws discovered on PCs running Windows were due to vulnerable third-party applications rather than pre-installed Microsoft software. That's according to a report by security...
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