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Australians may be exposing themselves to danger every day without realising it - purely because of the programs on their computer, a new study from Secunia Research at Flexera Software has found.

Flexera Software found that in the U.S., 7.4 percent of programs on the average PC have reached End-of-Life and are no longer patched by the vendor.

Flexera Software found that in the U.S., 7.4 percent of programs on the average PC have reached End-of-Life and are no longer patched by the vendor.

The latest software vulnerability report from Secunia Research at Flexera Software reveals that the average US private PC user has 75 installed programs on their PC, 7.4 percent of which are no longer patched by the vendor.

The average private user in the UK has 72 programmes installed on their PC, and 6.7 percent of them are End-of-Life programmes that are no longer patched by the vendor, according to a new report by Secunia Research for Flexera Software.

7.5% of users ran unpatched Windows operating systems in Q4 of 2016, up from 6.1 percent in Q3 of 2016, new study shows.

Around 7% of programs on the average UK user's PC are unsupported and unpatched, leaving them exposed to exploits, according to the latest data from Flexera Software.

The average private user in the UK has 72 programmes installed on their PC, and 6.7 percent of them are End-of-Life programmes that are no longer patched by the vendor.

Unpatched end-of-life programmes with vulnerabilities are attack vectors hackers can exploit.

Unpatched end-of-life applications are a big problem

The average private user in the UK has 72 programmes installed on their PC, and 6.7 percent of them are End-of-Life programmes that are no longer patched by the vendor.

The apps are no longer patched and thus vulnerable to exploitation

The average private user in the UK has 72 programmes installed on their PC, and 6.7 percent of them are End-of-Life programmes that are no longer patched by the vendor.

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A photo of an uncooperative smart-fridge has gone viral online after a women vented her frustration with an appliance on Twitter

The Internet of Things (IoT) continues its rapid rise to prominence around the world.

The Internet of Things (IoT) continues its rapid rise to prominence around the world.

The internet of things has been touted in recent years as the next big technological revolution -- anything from cars, toasters, garden sprinklers and pets would be connected to the internet, sending out information and taking instructions.

At the very end of 2015 we ran a straw poll of individuals in the security space to determine what the single biggest security threat of 2016 would be.