Adobe Flash Zero-Day Vulnerability
There’s a new zero-day vulnerability in the wild that exploits a security hole found in the very popular Adobe Flash 9 & 10 Player. With the introduction of Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Acrobat 9 Reader came the ability to embed/view Flash animations in PDF documents. Technically, this vulnerability affects Adobe Acrobat on all platforms. However, attackers have only targeted PC users at this point.
Attackers are exploiting this newly discovered security hole by embedding malicious Flash content in PDF files and then sending these infected documents to victims. Once the victim opens the infected PDF file, a data stealing trojan is then loaded onto the victims PC. Adobe announced today that a patch to fix the security vulnerability will be released next week. So what do you protect yourself until then? We’ll tell you how! Read full article »
July 24th, 2009