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Attackers are changing their targets after Internet service providers and operating systems designers such as Microsoft started shoring up their systems following a barrage of worms, viruses and other online threats in recent years.

The group’s report identifies the 20 most targeted software flaws that criminals use to infiltrate computers.

Top Windows vulnerabilities include Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser, Windows Office and Outlook Express. The report also listed Apple Computer’s Macintosh operating system as a top vulnerability among Unix operating systems.

Apple’s OS X operating system is based on Unix, a heavy-duty operating system used principally in corporate data centers and high-powered computers.
Network devices such as routers and switches that direct Internet traffic also are being targeted, SANS said. Cisco Systems made the list with its “IOS” router product line.

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