Adobe has launched the pubic beta of a new Flash Player sandbox feature for Firefox users, making attacks more difficult for cybercriminals. View full post on SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News View full post on National Cyber Security
12.2.4 VLC Media Player TiVo Demuxer Remote Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
CVEs: CVE: Not Available Platform: Cross Platform View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft issue Patch Tuesday fix for Media Player and security bypass
Microsoft fixed seven bulletins, one deemed critical, and a handful of new security issues yesterday as the first Patch Tuesday of 2012 was issued. Although Microsoft tied a previous high for bulletins issued in January, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek isn’t so concerned about large numbers. The growing number of Microsoft…
Microsoft issue Patch Tuesday fix for Media Player and security bypass
Microsoft fixed seven bulletins, one deemed critical, and a handful of new security issues yesterday as the first Patch Tuesday of 2012 was issued. Although Microsoft tied a previous high for bulletins issued in January, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek isn’t so concerned about large numbers. The growing number of Microsoft…
Flash Player SMS scam charges victims for free Adobe software
BitDefender has uncovered a creative scheme that charges people via SMS for what should be a free copy of Adobe Systems’ Flash player, which is apparently undergoing a test run on a Russian social network. The scam was uncovered after one of security vendor BitDefender’s customers found a suspicious link…
11.40.6 Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
CVEs: CVE: CVE-2011-2426,CVE-2011-2427,CVE-2011-2428,CVE-2011-2429,CVE-2011-2430,CVE-2011-2444 Platform: Cross Platform View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Mac Trojan malware masquerades as flash player update
A new Trojan malware is targeting computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X, masquerading as an update to Adobe’s Flash software and fooling users into installing it. Mac security firm Intego said the malware, which it identified as OSX/flashback.A, exploits default settings on OS X’s built-in browser Safari to automatically…
(1) HIGH: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris versions prior to 10.3.183.7 Adobe Flash Player for Android prior to 10.3.186.6 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
(1) HIGH: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris versions prior to 10.3.183.7 Adobe Flash Player for Android prior to 10.3.186.6 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Adobe admits Google engineer responsible for Flash Player bug patches
Adobe last week acknowledged that as many as 80 bugs in Flash Player were reported by a Google security engineer, as it continued to defend its decision not to spell out details of the vulnerabilities. Google also cited the same number, apparently putting to rest the spat between the engineer,…