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New Flash player 9 and 10 set to come by the July 30th to address security problems.

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July 23, 2009 0

The official word is out, Adobe has announced that there is a critical vulnerability found in the flash player 9 and 10. Adobe is working on providing a fast update.
A critical vulnerability exists in the current versions of Flash Player (v9.0.159.0 and v10.0.22.87) for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that [...]

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Washington Post claims Attackers Target New Adobe Flash/Reader Flaw

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July 23, 2009 0

Here’s something that hit my inbox this morning that got my attention.

Symantec says it has seen several instances of this vulnerability being exploited in targeted attacks — such as those in which the attackers include a poisoned attachment in an e-mail that addresses the recipient by name.
- Brian Krebs of the Washington Post
Link: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/attackers_target_new_adobe_fla.html?wpisrc=newsletter

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