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The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks has identified that a fake Flash updater is circulating the web and fooling computer users by sneakily installing cryptocurrency mining bot XMRig. In the past few months, researchers have identified 113 fake updaters installing cryptomining malware on targeted devices. The notorious updater is actively attacking computers since August […]
Another patch has been released with security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, MacOS, Linux and Chrome OS that works on multiple critical vulnerabilities. On June 7, Adobe Security Bulletin announced that exploits exist in natural state. Used to target Windows users, the exploit leverages Office documents with embedded flash-player content distributed by e-mail […]
Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. The independent security analyst Randy Abrams discovered an Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. “As I tried to […]
In May 2017, the website of renowned credit reporting service Equifax was hacked and sensitive, private data of around 150 million of its US customers was hacked due to an old Apache flaw. The data hacked included names, Social Security numbers and other personal info. The company received backlash from left right and center over […]
Adobe Flash has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, and it won’t be an overstatement that Flash Player is software that we love to hate. It has been receiving backlash from internet users for being resource sensitive and incompatible with smartphones apart from being highly insecure. Now Adobe has announced plans […]
Facebook new app that aims to compete directly with Snapchat, but it’s only officially available in Brazil at the moment. The app called “Flash,” is so much like Snapchat that it’s not even the slightest bit of a stretch to call it a clone. Steps to Use Facebook’s New Snapchat Clone ‘Flash’ on Any Android
As we keep a tab on exploit kits, today we are looking at some changes with Sundown EK. Nowhere near as popular as RIG EK, this exploit kit still remains a threat with exploits for Internet Explorer, Flash, and Silverlight. In early October we detected a new landing page format for Sundown EK, which followed on some previous […]
Exploit Flash Heap Isolation for a chance to “win” $100,000 If you can exploit Adobe’s Heap Isolation mitigation in Flash player version 18.0.0209 – a mechanism deployed to patch the User-After-Free (UAF) vulnerabilities – you’re in for a sweet treat: Zerodium will, in fact, pay you good money. The startup, founded by Vupen, Chaouki Bekrar’s […]
Simple DNS hijacking enables attackers to distribute Fake Infected Flash Player at UConn website. On Sunday, the official web portal of the University of Connecticut was hacked and used to distribute powerful malware disguised as fake Adobe Flash Player update. The university’s deputy spokesperson Tom Breen informed that on December 27 at around 11:00 a.m. […]
ShortRead: A suspicious email sent to Outlook users can control user’s system, though, Microsoft has introduced a patch for the issue but still several users remain vulnerable. This bug was discovered by a security researcher “Haifei Li” and named it BadWinmail. His technical report suggested the vulnerability was very easy to exploit and doesn’t require much interaction […]
After being an object of constant criticism universally by IT professionals for being volatile, unstable and unreliable, the time has come to bid farewell to Adobe Flash and welcome its new and improved version Animate. Adobe has renamed Flash Professional CC as Animate CC and moved the pivot to HTML5. Adobe tried its best to […]
Seven of the most prominent Internet and tech firms unite to build a next generation of royalty-free video codec in an attempt to provide users around the world with new formats and advanced codecs for enhanced media experience on the Web across various devices. The founding members of this alliance include Google, Netflix, Microsoft, Mozilla, […]
Mozilla Firefox has blocked Adobe Flash Player and it’s a good news. If you are a regular Firefox user you must have faced this issue like whenever you open a website using flash it warns about blocking the flash part. The Firefox browser has blocked it until a new update being released; the only reason […]
We all know that one of the basic procedures to keep our computer system secure and free from viruses and malware is to keep the operating system as well as the installed applications updated, as it makes sure that your system is not vulnerable to hackers. Apart from that, you must have heard from the […]
Hackers pieced together zero-day vulnerabilities in Flash and Internet Explorer 9+ to attack financial services and defense contractor employees visiting Forbes.com, according to security firm researchers, Invincea and iSIGHT Partners. In November 2014, the site’s Thought of the Day (ToTD) page, which is displayed briefly upon visiting the site, was compromised. On first visit to […]
The multinational computer software company Adobe Systems, Inc has notified its users via their blog that the company has been hit by a massive and sophisticated cyber attack in which login information such as emails and their encrypted passwords have been accessed. According to the announcement, Adobe’s security team discovered sophisticated attacks on their network, involving […]