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[BBC] Adobe issues emergency Flash Player fix

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Adobe has released an emergency software patch for Flash after it found a serious vulnerability being exploited by hackers.

The company said it had evidence of "limited, targeted attacks" and urged people to update their software immediately.

 

Flash is widely used across the web as a way of providing multimedia content.

 

This vulnerability - which enables hackers to take control of a computer - affects Windows, Mac and Linux systems.

 

Users can check if their installation of Flash is up to date by visiting the Adobe website - the current latest version is 18.0.0.194.

 

People who browse the internet with the latest versions of Google's Chrome browser and Microsoft's Internet Explorer should find that Flash is upgraded automatically.

 

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Adobe's Flash software has a long history of needing security fixes and is regarded by some security researchers as a weak point in many websites.

 

Along with Java, Flash is routinely targeted by hackers making use of zero-day exploits - the term given to previously unknown security holes.

 

This was partly because of its ubiquity, said Mark James, a security specialist from ESET.

 

"Since Flash is such a widely used plug-in, it stands to reason that it will be one of the most targeted apps for vulnerability," he said.

 

"If you want to affect as many people as possible, then you need an application that a lot of users use, and Flash is one of them."

 

Security blogger Brian Krebs recently disabled Flash on his machine entirely, as an experiment.

 

On his blog, he wrote: "It might be worth considering whether you really need to keep Flash Player installed at all."

 

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Aha, Nice try BBC, but i still wont forgive you for firing Jeremy..

 

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Bring

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Clarkson

 

He might be coming back on netflix together with hammond and may.

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Aha, Nice try BBC, but i still wont forgive you for firing Jeremy..

 

I love top gear and all, but he slapped a producer......

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He might be coming back on netflix together with hammond and may.

 

So I heard. I hope it goes through. I hate how NetFlix removed the first 16 seasons, though.  :angry:

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I love top gear and all, but he slapped a producer......

 

God dammit, this world is full of a bunch of Nancies.

Someone slaps you then slap'm back and then laugh about it later over some beers later.

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If it wasn't for the fact that YouTube Live and Twitch use it (for some odd reason), I would have outright disabled PepperFlash on Chrome. It is enough of a nightmare to get them to work on FireFox.

 

Right now, Flash makes even less sense to exist than AOL.

Read the community standards; it's like a guide on how to not be a moron.

 

Gerdauf's Law: Each and every human being, without exception, is the direct carbon copy of the types of people that he/she bitterly opposes.

Remember, calling facts opinions does not ever make the facts opinions, no matter what nonsense you pull.

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People who browse the internet with the latest versions of Google's Chrome browser and Microsoft's Internet Explorer should find that Flash is upgraded automatically.

Soo what they're saying is only Firefox is vulnerable...

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Soo what they're saying is only Firefox is vulnerable...

More like Firefox users may need to update manually, Chrome and IE were just as vulnerable but get updated automatically.

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The one time I might actually need to update flash...

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I love top gear and all, but he slapped a producer......

I'd slap someone too if they denied me steak. :ph34r:

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