Adobe Systems and Microsoft have patched separate critical vulnerabilities in widely used software after receiving reports that they're being exploited "in the wild" by targeted attacks.
An update for Adobe's Flash Player—available for computers running Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems—can be installed on most systems through an automatic update mechanism. It can also be downloaded here and manually installed. Google's Chrome browser comes with a custom version of Flash that is also automatically updated.
Adobe issued the patch in an unscheduled update following two separate reports from researchers who didn't want to be named, a company spokeswoman said. The attacks are delivered in a malicious Microsoft Word document that exploits the ActiveX version of Flash Player for Internet Explorer on Windows. The parties targeted are unknown. A separate vulnerability in Microsoft's Office and various server packages is also under active attack, the company warned.
Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments
DIGITAL JUICE
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank's!