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Title: "Adobe Flash attack vector exploits insecure web design"
Post by: Hermite15 on November 16, 2009, 12:06:46 PM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/adobe_flash_wallop/

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An unpatched security risk involving Adobe Flash creates a possible mechanism for hackers to load exploits onto websites.

The vulnerability was discovered by security researchers at Foreground Security and reported to both Adobe and Google, whose Google Applications, including Gmail, are potentially vulnerable to exploit.

No fix is currently available. However, exploitation of the security flaw would be far from straightforward, especially on Gmail because hackers would have to figure out message IDs in order to create any mischief. Foreground has not detected any attacks using the technique, which affects sites that allow users to upload active content onto trusted domains.

Title: Re: "Adobe Flash attack vector exploits insecure web design"
Post by: YoKenny on November 16, 2009, 12:26:02 PM

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Toggle Flash On or Off in Internet Explorer the Easy Way

If you often browse Flash-heavy websites using Internet Explorer and would like to be able to turn Flash off and only enable it when you really want to, there’s an easy way to accomplish this with a small application appropriately called Toggle Flash.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/toggle-flash-on-or-off-in-internet-explorer-the-easy-way

Title: Re: "Adobe Flash attack vector exploits insecure web design"
Post by: Sesame on November 16, 2009, 01:14:37 PM

Wow...how scary...   :o  Thank you for the news, Logos and YoKenny.  ;)  ;D