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Guess what? Adobe Flash is being hit with in-the-wild attacks (again); update to latest version to stay safe

Ashraf February 26, 2013 11

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Java. Flash. Java. Flash. Java. Flash. It seems like these two take turns in making your system vulnerable to attack. Sometimes they even misbehave at the same time, like today. As mentioned earlier today, two new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Java. Now it is Flash’s turn.

Adobe just announced [...]

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Adobe Flash is under attack, update to Flash 11.5.502.149 to stay safe

Ashraf February 9, 2013 14
Adobe Flash is under attack, update to Flash 11.5.502.149 to stay safe

Attacks on Java may be subsided for a few days but the other kink in your armor — Flash — is now under attack. Adobe has released a security bulletin notifying Windows and Mac OS X users to update to Flash 11.5.502.149 because of an ongoing attack targeting Windows and [...]

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Flash vulnerability fix for Internet Explorer 10 is on the way, says Microsoft [Windows 8]

Kathryn September 11, 2012 1

The version of Internet Explorer 10 that comes bundled with Windows 8 has a vulnerability that has been traced to it’s integrated specific version of Adobe Flash. At first, Microsoft claimed that they wouldn’t be providing security patches for the bundled software until October; now they’ve changed their tune amid [...]

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Windows 8 users are vulnerable to exploits due to lack of updates to Flash

Ashraf September 8, 2012 0

Google Chrome does something unique with Flash. Instead of relying on Flash as a third-party plugin, Chrome has a built-in version of Flash. Google is the one that manages updates for this built-in version of Flash as opposed to Adobe. While it may sound like this would result in a [...]

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New Adobe Flash bug allows hackers to take over your computer, update Flash to v11.3.300.271 to be safe

Ashraf August 14, 2012 17

Adobe has released an out of the blue security bulletin stating a bug in Adobe Flash is being exploited by hackers and could potentially allow attackers to take over computers. The attack vector is malicious Microsoft Word documents that exploit the ActiveX version of Flash Player in Internet Explorer on [...]

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