If the criminals are continuing to make money by infecting Apple Mac computers in this fashion, whatever makes you think that they’ll come up with a more original social engineering trick?
Online criminals are planting cryptomining code on victims’ Windows computers, using the camouflage of an update to Adobe Flash Player. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
For some companies eradicating Adobe Flash Player is going to be a significant job. And it may be an even bigger challenge for very large organisations, such as the US Government.
Companies should check they are running latest version of WebEx, and beware attacks via the road less travelled. Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means… Yep, it’s time for another bundle of essential security updates from Microsoft. Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Researchers have disclosed two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Foxit’s PDF Reader after the vendor revealed it has no plans to fix the security flaws. David Bisson reports.
There has been another welcome step along the road to Adobe Flash’s funeral, with the release this week of a new version of the Firefox browser. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
A family of malware known as “Invisible Man” abuses Android OS accessibility services in order to steal users’ banking credentials. David Bisson reports.
Never let a suspicious program coerce you into allowing Android app installations from unknown sources. David Bisson reports.
Critical security holes keep being found in Adobe Flash Player. Have you updated yours yet? Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
If you don’t give your customers a different way to consume your content, they’re going to feel forced to (shudder…) install Adobe Flash.
Microsoft belatedly patches some vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, but some zero-days in other software remain untouched for now.
Adobe is no stranger to finding itself in the security headlines for all the wrong reasons, and it seems that things may not be changing as we enter 2017. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Of the top 10 vulnerabilities incorporated by exploit kits in 2016, six of them (rather unsurprisingly) affected Adobe Flash Player. David Bisson reports.
Shock – horror! There’s another critical security exploit in Adobe Flash, and it is being actively exploited in targeted attacks. Update Flash now or… you know… kick it to the kerb.
Don’t drag your feet. If the likes of Adobe and Microsoft describe vulnerabilities as critical it’s important that you patch them at your earliest opportunity.