the problem perhaps is that people are finding new vulnerabilities as time goes on.
True. But as time goes on, all the "easy pickings", that is, the most serious, easy to exploit vulnerabilities have already been exposed and patched. This means if any new vulnerabilities are discovered, they most likely are very obscure affecting only a very few users running in very uncommon scenarios. Does that describe you? Not likely.
And 99% of the badguys out there are lazy bums looking for easy ways to rip off as many people as possible. So we have to ask ourselves in these situations, "
what are the odds a badguy is going to target "me" and "my" network?"
So what about that 1% of the badguys? Those are the professional badguys who go after specific targets because they know those "marks" have something valuable they want. So again, we have to ask ourselves, "
do I have something so valuable, a professional badguy is going to spend his or her time trying to hack "me" and "my" network?
Of course, just because the vast majority of us are "normal" users and
unlikely to be specifically targeted by a determined badguy out to get us, we still must "practice safe computing", be prudent, and not lackadaisical about security. So of course, keep our network hardware current and use strong passwords and passphrases on our networks. Keep our computers and computer security current, and avoid being "click-happy" on unsolicited links.
Then party on!
