Japan’s Cybersecurity Minister has Never Used a Computer Yoshitaka Sakurada, the deputy chief of Japan’s cybersecurity strategy office and the minister in charge of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo says that he doesn’t use computers – basically, he has secretaries and employees to do that. He also acted confused about whether Japan’s nuke plants […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t normally publish posts on individual software updates, but Flash is such a mess and such a security swamp that I feel compelled to do that. Microsoft’s attempt to copy Flash – Silverlight – is even worse. It is so bad that Google doesn’t support it inside Chrome. My recommendation is that you uninstall […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Adobe announced patches yesterday for 23 additional Flash vulnerabilities. 18 of these bugs can be used to run malicious code on the underlying computer. To see what version you are running, go to: WWW.Adobe.com/software/flash/about That web page will give you the version that you are running, the current version that you should be running and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers at FireEye have uncovered another zero day Flash exploit from within the ruins of the Hacking Team data dump. Adobe says that they will patch it some time this week. Adobe also says that the flaw could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Like the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yet again Flash is the means of attack by a Chinese hacking group that Fireeye has labelled APT3. The attack IS in the wild, although limited in use. The attack looks like a phishing email offering discounts on Apple computers. You can find out what version of flash you are running at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ and download the […]
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