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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: sam on December 10, 2009, 01:30

Title: Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
Post by: sam on December 10, 2009, 01:30

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Almost all the video on the Web is in Flash, and we just take it for granted. That's a mistake. Like any other popular application, it can be an easy way for a cracker to hack into your computer.

"Take Adobe Flash's latest round of patches. Adobe doesn't say a lot about exactly what it's fixing in its security advisory, but out of the seven security bugs they're fixing, six of the repairs are on problems that "could potentially lead to code execution.

http://www.itworld.com/security/88683/linux-windows-or-mac-you-need-patch-adobe-flash

Title: Re: Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
Post by: Rik on December 10, 2009, 09:23

It's worrying that they are still plugging holes after so long, Sam.

Title: Re: Linux, Windows, or Mac: You need to patch Adobe Flash
Post by: Simon on December 10, 2009, 10:50

Indeed, and they are usually huge downloads too.