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accyman

14-11-2009 05:02

adobe flash vulnrability - no fix as of yet

jsut had this pointed outto me on another forum and although from whati can figure yahoo , hotmail and a few others have taken steps to protect users gmail , facebook and twitter havnt

Flash Origin Policy Issues

just giving heads a heads up especially if your a facebook user as this is what the guy who alerted me to it posted

Quote:

Read this, Adobe can't fix the problem.
Some of my freinds got hit on facebook and other sites.
Unpatchable Flash Flaw Puts Users, Sites At Risk.
http://www.foregroundsecurity.com/My...cy-issues.html

There's a serious security hole in Adobe Flash that can't be patched.

seems like adobe need to pull their finger out

accyman

14-11-2009 12:49

Re: adobe flash vulnrability - no fix as of yet

forgot to add that if you run firefox you can install two plugins flashblock and adblock which will help protect you

shillelagh

14-11-2009 13:52

Re: adobe flash vulnrability - no fix as of yet

well ive just emptied the requests on my facebook page .. so dont need to go back for another couple of weeks ... by that time they might have sorted it ...

Neil	14-11-2009 17:12

Re: adobe flash vulnrability - no fix as of yet

Don't hold your breath

accyman

15-11-2009 00:15

Re: adobe flash vulnrability - no fix as of yet

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 762909)

Don't hold your breath

the definatly need to do somthing %99 if not all websites now use flash

had a quick look at plugins for explorer but i couldnt see anything that comes close to what firefox offer and i am far from a firefox fan but somtimes you just got to bite the bullet lol

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