New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Used in Pawn Storm Campaign

[HardOCP News]

Security researchers at Trend Micro put out a warning today that attackers are exploiting a vulnerability in fully patched versions of Adobe Flash Player. So far only government agencies are being targeted.

Trend Micro researchers have discovered that the attackers behind Pawn Storm, the long-running cyber-espionage campaign, are using an Adobe Flash zero-day exploit code for their attacks. The particular affected vulnerability is still unpatched, making Flash users vulnerable to attacks.

 

[ShamisOMally]

That's it

This is the day I move away from firefox

Sick of this shit

 

[DeathFromBelow]

That's it

This is the day I move away from firefox

Sick of this shit

You mean Flash?

 

[Parmenides]

Thought Firefox disabled flash by default

 

[twonunpackmule]

Yea, I'm confused. What does this have to do with Firefox?

 

[rezerekted]

I just got a new update to Flash minutes ago. Is that version vulnerable?

 

[elation]

I cut the flash and java cord months ago. Problem solved.

 

[striker444]

Not sure when folks will realize enough is enough, been Flash free for months, not looking back. Occasionally I may find something that needs it, then I question if it's worth getting pwnt. So far no reason to install it back.

 

[TechLarry]

Flash - Kill it with fire !

 

[pgwalsh]

I cut the flash and java cord months ago. Problem solved.

Not sure when folks will realize enough is enough, been Flash free for months, not looking back. Occasionally I may find something that needs it, then I question if it's worth getting pwnt. So far no reason to install it back.

I'm with these guys. I found uninstalling it actually made my entire browsing experience faster and better. It's an unnecessary evil and I used to be a flash content create a long long time ago.