Tag: Adobe Flash Player

  • Sneaky malware disguises itself as an Adobe Flash Player installer

    A state-sponsored hacking operating is targeting diplomats with a new attack which sees malware bundled alongside a legitimate software …

  • Hackers Use New Flash Zero-Day Exploit to Distribute FinFisher Spyware

    FinSpy—the infamous surveillance malware is back and infecting high-profile targets using a new Adobe Flash zero-day exploit delivered …

  • Adobe, Microsoft Plug Critical Security Holes

    Adobe and Microsoft both on Tuesday released patches to plug critical security vulnerabilities in their products. Microsoft’s patch bundles fix close to 80 separate security problems in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software — including two vulnerabilities that already are being exploited in active attacks. Read full news article on Krebs…

  • Adobe Patches Two Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in Flash Player

    Adobe may kill Flash Player by the end of 2020, but until then, the company would not stop providing security updates to the buggy software. As part of its monthly security updates, Adobe has released patches for eight security vulnerabilities in its three products, including two vulnerabilities in Flash Player, four in ColdFusion, and two…

  • Adobe patches only two critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player in September

    This month, Adobe has patched only two vulnerabilities in Flash Player, both are critical issues that could be exploited for remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2017-11281 and CVE-2017-11282, they were discovered by Mateusz Jurczyk and Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero. Read full news article on Security Affairs  

  • Adobe is Finally Killing FLASH — At the End of 2020!

    Finally, Adobe is Killing FLASH — the software that helped make the Internet a better place with slick graphics, animation, games and applications and bring online video to the masses, but it has been hated for years by people and developers over its buggy nature. But the end of an era for Adobe Flash is…

  • It’s a trap! Marcher banking trojan masquerades as Adobe Flash Player for Android

    A variant of the Marcher banking trojan is targeting Android users by masquerading as a mobile Adobe Flash Player app. This version of the malware arrives via popcash[dot]net, an advertising network which is known to serve “popunder” Read full news article on Graham Cluley  

  • Adobe, Microsoft Push Critical Security Fixes

    It’s Patch Tuesday, again. That is, if you run Microsoft Windows or Adobe products. Read full news article on Krebs on Security  

  • Adobe Flash Player users should update their software NOW

    One of the favourite pieces of software for malicious hackers to target on users’ computers is Adobe Flash Player. Why? Read full news article on We Live Security