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Adobe applauds Apple Flash ban

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 11 May 2012 8:18 AM

Users blocked from running superseded software.

Dangerous Flash flaw plugged

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 May 2012 9:58 AM

'Object confusion' could lead to system hijacking.

Updates make Adobe patches a flash

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 30 March 2012 7:55 AM

Released for Linux, Windows and OS X.

Adobe patches Flash XXS hole

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 17 February 2012 12:09 PM

Update closes in the wild cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Flash zero-day patched

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 22 September 2011 10:09 AM

Flaw exploited for phishing XXS attacks.

Adobe patches critical holes in Flash, Shockwave and Photoshop

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 11 August 2011 12:15 AM

Exploits include system hijacking and denial of service.

Flash exploits an APT omen

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 June 2011 3:01 PM

Adobe says mum on attacks.

Adobe patches Flash hole

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 6 June 2011 1:32 PM

Adobe unsure if Acrobat, Reader are vulnerable.

Adobe kills zombie cookies

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 14 May 2011 1:29 PM

Adobe cookies can no longer be un-deleted, which should make security and privacy pundits happy.

Barracuda admits mistake after hack

In Risk - By Tom Brewster, 13 April 2011 8:58 AM

Security maker pantsed after it lets its guard down.

Flash exploit found in spate of new phishing attacks

In Applications - By Lia Timson, 13 April 2011 12:01 AM

Exploit carried via Microsoft Word attachments.

Adobe battles yet another Flash Player zero-day bug

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 April 2011 10:47 AM

Masquerades as legitimate Microsoft Word document.

Adobe battles yet another Flash Player zero-day bug

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 April 2011 10:47 AM

Masquerades as legitimate Microsoft Word document.

Adobe patches 0-day flaws in Flash, Acrobat and Reader

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 24 March 2011 3:40 PM

Adobe has issued an out-of-band patch for the zero-day flaw in its Flash Player.

Reader sandbox protects against zero-day Flash flaw

In Applications - By Nicole Kobie, 16 March 2011 2:51 PM

Adobe warns against critical flaw, but says Reader X users should be safe

Adobe finds Flash flaw in Excel docs

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 March 2011 11:00 AM

Patch due on Monday.

Adobe mega patch update

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 February 2011 12:32 PM

Adobe on Tuesday released its quarterly security update, fixing dozens of vulnerabilities, including 29 flaws in its popular PDF viewing software Reader and Acrobat and 13 in ...

Google to sandbox Flash in Chrome

In Web/client - By Nicole Kobie, 3 December 2010 2:15 PM

Security beefed up around troublesome Adobe Flash Player.

Adobe reveals new flaw affecting Flash and Reader

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 29 October 2010 12:05 PM

Fixes coming next month.

Adobe updates Flash Player to address critical flaw

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 September 2010 3:35 PM

Patch ready earlier than forecast.

Adobe confirms existence of new zero-day in Flash Player

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 16 September 2010 1:26 PM

Patches planned for the next few weeks.

Flash drive exposed US war plans

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 26 August 2010 9:19 AM

Old thumb drive trick.

Adobe issues patches for Flash, Air, ColdFusion

In Applications - 11 August 2010 3:51 PM

Fixes flaws in popular client and server software.

Mac update plugs 28 flaws, does not include Flash 10.1

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 17 June 2010 10:26 AM

Apple has pushed out a Mac OS X update, its fourth of the year, to close more than two dozen vulnerabilities.

Adobe releases Flash Player 10.1, fixes 32 bugs

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 June 2010 10:15 AM

Adobe has released Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to fix 32 vulnerabilities.

Adobe readies Flash fix

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 9 June 2010 12:28 PM

Disabling Flash ActiveX advised.

Critical Adobe Flash and Reader flaw being exploited

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 8 June 2010 2:05 PM

Present in latest versions.

Gagged flash mob planned for Sydney

In Risk - 12 March 2010 10:11 AM

Silent demonstration on internet filtering.

Adobe patches Flash Player, plans out-of-band Reader fix

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 February 2010 2:11 PM

Flaw could lead to DoS attack.

Apple releases patches for 12 flaws

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 21 January 2010 9:48 AM

Latest security update.

Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives

In Networks - By Angela Moscaritolo, 7 January 2010 11:45 AM

Affects certain Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim flash drives.

Firms urged to apply Microsoft and Adobe patches

In Applications - By David Neal, 10 December 2009 10:05 AM

Vulnerabilities could cripple critical systems.

Adobe plans Flash update, investigates Illustrator flaw

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 December 2009 10:28 AM

Will coincide with Patch Tuesday.

"Frighteningly bad" Adobe Flash flaw discovered

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 16 November 2009 11:15 AM

Issue is 'not patchable'.

Malicious Facebook flash player detected

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 22 October 2009 10:30 AM

A fake version of Facebook has been detected that infects unsuspecting users with malware.

Firefox finds users interested in updating Flash Player

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 18 September 2009 9:54 AM

Mozilla is reporting initial success in getting users updated to the latest version of Flash.

Firefox to alert users running old version of Flash

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 7 September 2009 10:21 AM

New updates set to tackle security and stability issues.

Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 August 2009 11:16 AM

Users often delete HTTP cookies to enhance their privacy, but some of the most popular websites are circumventing these efforts by utilising little-known Flash cookies, ...

New Koobface variant hits Twitter users

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 10 August 2009 11:14 AM

New and improved version causing problems.

Adobe updates Flash Player for 10 vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 31 July 2009 11:05 AM

Adobe has issued a security update for Flash Player and AIR to address a number of critical vulnerabilities which could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the ...

Adobe confirms zero-day vulnerability

In Applications - By David Neal, 24 July 2009 10:58 AM

Affects Reader, Acrobat and Flash.

Adobe releases update for server-side security flaw

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 4 May 2009 11:23 AM

Adobe has released an update to address a potential vulnerability in versions of its Flash Media Server.

Adobe questioned over critical patch update for Flash Player

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 26 February 2009 11:02 AM

Adobe has rushed a patch to cover a potential vulnerability in its Flash Player.

Alarms sounded over flash drive infections

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 21 November 2008 3:25 PM

The US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) is warning users and administrators to be on the lookout following the discovery of a malware outbreak being spread via USB keys.

Adobe's AIR 1.5 update addresses Flash Player vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 19 November 2008 9:27 AM

The new AIR update includes Flash Player 10, Adobe's newest version of Flash Player which closed up vulnerabilities that left users open to clickjacking and other exploits.

Adobe patches older version of Flash for six flaws

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 November 2008 9:54 AM

Adobe has pushed out a new version of Flash Player 9 to shore up six vulnerabilities.

Adobe's Flash Player 10 upgrade addresses clickjacking

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 October 2008 9:53 AM

Because of the potential for clickjacking exploits, all users of Flash Player are recommended to upgrade.

Picasa and Flash become latest spam tools

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 5 September 2008 12:27 PM

Google's Picasa image hosting service is fast-becoming the new tool of choice for spammers to elude e-mail filters.

Faked CNN spam blitz pushes fake Flash

In Messaging - By INQUIRER Staff, 8 August 2008 9:59 AM

Bogus alerts purporting to be from CNN are luring victims to over 1,000 hacked websites pushing fake, malware-infested Flash Player software, Internet security watchdogs have ...

Flash attacks set off security alarms

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 29 May 2008 10:35 AM

Infected Flash SWF files causing havoc.

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