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Flash Under Attack, Emergency Patch Issued

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Tinman57:
Flash under attack, emergency patch issued: Update immediately

The Flash developer is rolling out an emergency update to the world's most popular Web plug-in for two vulnerabilities, that are currently being actively exploited by hackers.

http://www.zdnet.com/flash-under-attack-emergency-patch-issued-update-immediately-7000011031

mouser:
thanks for the alert!  :up:

40hz:
Version 11.2.202.262 should be available in all major Linux distro repositories by now. :Thmbsup:

f0dder:
Remember, kids: if you're not paranoid to fully block (or uninstall) plugins, at least activate "click2play" in your browser.

Also, for searchability: Adobe Flash Player Plugin (once again proves to be a steaming pile of manure).

rgdot:
click2play or flashblock add-ons help more than just against attacks, also do it to bring resource usage back to sane levels.
One thing about flash I never understood is that update notifications only show up after reboots (at least that's the behaviour that I see) and I don't reboot often ...

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