Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered in software are a major problem for governments and companies, and for individuals, too. They are tracked by people who want to protect themselves as well as by people who want to exploit them – hackers. Show on screen the most recent records listed at:
•The US National Vulnerability Database: https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=&search_type=all&cves=on
•Exploit Database: http://www.exploit-db.com
Highlight the number of total vulnerabilities published (for example, over 31,000 on Exploit Database and 66,000 on the US National Vulnerability Database as of Dec 2014).
•Look through the titles of some of the software for which vulnerabilities have been published, or search for common software titles such as ‘Adobe’ and ‘Office’.
•Point out that vulnerabilities are linked to particular software version numbers, meaning that newer versions are not vulnerable.