Flash Security Vulnerability? Not with Firefox & NoScript

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:55:00 -0400

Apparently there is a Flash Security Vulnerability deriving from the 'authplay.dll' in Adobe's Flash Player on Windows, Mac and Linux for both Adobe Reader and Acrobat v9.x. Basically, an unsuspecting victim may be lured to a site that contains malicious Flash code to either crash or compromise the integrity of the victims computer ... Hmmm. A CERT spokesperson stated ...

The Adobe Flash browser plug-in is available for multiple Web browsers and operating systems, any of which could be affected ... An attacker could also create a PDF document that has an embedded SWF file to exploit the vulnerability. This vulnerability is being actively exploited.

According to Trusteer, Two weeks after the press release, approximately 80 percent of Trusteer's installed base of 2.5 million online banking users still haven't received the Flash update.

What To Do? Use Firefox with NoScript.

Here's just one more notch in the belt for Firefox, and a prime example of why using Giorgio Maone's NoScript plug-in for Firefox is a must have. For more info on NoScript ... check out Maone's Rockin' Site, NoScript.net ... If your still using I.E., That's a shame ... That's it.

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Flash Security Vulnerability? Not with Firefox & NoScript

What To Do? Use Firefox with NoScript.