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Adobe patches Flash 0day exploited in attacks

The Adobe Flash Player update announced earlier this week is here, and it fixes more than just the zero-day flaw exploited in attacks in the wild. All in all, the latest …

Credential manager system used by Cisco, IBM, F5 has been breached

Pearson VUE, a provider of computer-based assessment testing for regulatory and certification boards, has announced that its Credential Manager system (PMC) has been …

Google helps Adobe improve Flash security

Adobe has been dealt a heavy blow after the Hacking Team data dump produced three Flash Player zero-day exploits and they begun being exploited in the wild.While Adobe was …

Old Adobe Flex SDK bug still threatens users of many high-profile sites

An old vulnerability affecting old releases of the Adobe Flex SDK compiler can be exploited to compromise user data of visitors to many popular sites, including three of most …

Adobe launches bug disclosure program, skimps on bounties

Adobe has launched its own web application vulnerability disclosure program. Set up through the bug bounty platform HackerOne, the program is limited to vulnerabilities …

Forbes.com compromised by Chinese cyber spies targeting US firms

Forbes.com – the 61st most popular website in the US according to Alexa – has been compromised to redirect certain visitors to websites delivering espionage …

Adobe urges users to implement critical out-of-band Flash Player update

For the second time in a month, Adobe has issued a security update for Flash Player. This out-of-band update finally fixes a critical vulnerability that could be misused by …

Gang wielding ColdFusion exploits expands botnet of hacked e-commerce sites

A German website of French automaker Citro?«n is the latest of the wide array of higher-profile webshop sites that have been compromised by a hacker gang leveraging Adobe …

Record prizes for Pwn2Own and Pwnium contestants

The results of the first day of the traditional Pwn2Own hacking contest at the CanSecWest Conference currently taking place in Vancouver are in, and the losers are Adobe, …

Adobe Flash flaw exploited in the wild, update now

Adobe has released an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability affecting Flash Player for Windows, Linux and OS X, the exploitation of which can result in an attacker …

Fake Adobe “licence key delivery” emails carry malware

A clever malware distribution campaign is currently doing rounds, taking the form of emails purportedly delivering licence keys for a number of Adobe’s software …

Lessons learned from Anonymous and Operation Last Resort

Activists that have links to Anonymous were able to gain access to U.S. government computers through a software flaw on the outdated Adobe ColdFusion platform. This left many …

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