![]() Independent researchers further verified three previously unknown attacks using Adobe's streaming-video software for browsers. Those documents included details for exploiting weaknesses in Flash, which the HackingTeam called "most beautiful Flash bug for the last four years." Stamos' death-to-Flash tweet came a week after cyberthieves released 400GB of internal documents stolen from HackingTeam, a Italian security company that helps governments and other organizations steal information. "As part of the many security initiatives we engage in to help keep our products and our users safe," Adobe said in an emailed statement Tuesday, "we work closely with our counterparts in other organizations (including the browser vendors) on finding ways to encourage users to stay up-to-date on the latest security updates." The "outdated" Flash plugin is still blocked. Firefox soon after lifted the default block, allowing for the newest version of Flash to run after you download it. Mozilla offered an understated explanation on a support page about software add-ons: "Old versions of the Flash Player plugin have known vulnerabilities." The organization also clarified in a statement that "we have only disabled the current version of Flash, not all versions and not forever." Firefox users also can choose to manually activate the disabled plugin.Īdobe on Tuesday posted a security bulletin with an updated version of Flash and a response to the vulnerabilities. In a feisty tweet, its head of Firefox support, Mark Schmidt, declared that Flash is "blocked by default in Firefox as of now." On Monday, browser maker Mozilla piled on. Stamos joined Facebook last month after less than a year at Yahoo. "It is time for Adobe to announce the end-of-life date for Flash and to ask the browsers to set killbits on the same day," Facebook security chief Alex Stamos said in a tweet on Sunday. ![]() ![]() Another Silicon Valley giant calls for the sunset on Adobe's Flash.Īdobe Systems' Flash software has come under fire yet again after a prominent Facebook executive called for the end of the animation software.
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