New emergency security patch released for Adobe Flash



If you run Adobe Flash you need to read this.

Adobe has announced that it has released an emergency security patch to try and fix a fatal security flaw in the Adobe Flash software.

The new security patch fixes a problem that could potentially result in users becoming a victim of cybercrime and hacking.

The security flaw in question affects users of Apple, Windows and Linux operating systems.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-emergency-security-patch-released-adobe-flash/3230/

Old news.

Since Flash Player is always vulnerable, you always check to see if you have the very latest version installed.

Edited January 24, 201511 yr by BB1950

Already been addressed. Upgrade to 16.0.0.287

Edited January 24, 201511 yr by Xircal

Already been addressed. Upgrade to 16.0.0.287

Until next week.

Already been addressed. Upgrade to 16.0.0.287

Until next week.

Irony?

I studied a couple of reports and they write about TWO security leaks of which one is fixed with 16.0.0.287.

But a fix for a second one will be available "next week".

The reports STILL advise to deactivate flash player or setup for "activate on demand".

BTW: for youtube I have long switched to the HTML5 player which seems to be available for most of the videos.

http://www.youtube.com/html5

(no full HD 1080p so far, but I don't feel the need for)

Edited January 25, 201511 yr by KhunBENQ

http://www.youtube.com/html5

(no full HD 1080p so far, but I don't feel the need for)

Sure the HTML5 player supports 1080P.. it even supports 4K

So I was fooled by Google/youtube so far.

There is (was) a limitation for the Firefox browser.

Seems possible to be removed:

http://www.ghacks.net/2014/07/30/play-1080p-videos-youtube-firefox/

EDIT: didn't work.

Forced to use Chrome to combine 1080p and HTML5

Edited January 25, 201511 yr by KhunBENQ

Flash Player 16.0.0.296 (Win and Mac) and Flash Player 11.2.202.440 (Linux) are now ready.

You can manually install them before the automatic update starts.

https://www.adobe.com/sea/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html

(until next week )

Edited January 26, 201511 yr by KhunBENQ