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No Flash Attacks After June 30

Mike Foster — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:00:18 +0000

Starting June 30, 2016, Google will no longer accept advertisements that use Flash. What this means: Better security for you and your organization. You needn’t buy anything or change anything. It will all happen automatically.

Flash is a tool used on web-sites to, among other things, play videos.

When people visit websites, they can be vulnerable to what is referred to as a drive by download. Just by visiting a site, even a legitimate site, their computer may be exposed to an attack.

That attack can happen via a Flash video within an advertisement that was surreptitiously posted by an attacker.

It is always a good idea to use “click to play” functionality that prevents Flash content from running automatically.

Now, when Google stops accepting advertisements with Flash content, that will significantly diminish the Flash vector of attack.

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Stop Your Vulnerabilities in a Flash

Mike Foster — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:11:02 +0000

Adobe Flash, something almost all organizations use, is often an easy target for attackers who want to successfully obtain control over your computers and network. And yes, you can do something about it!

Test to see if you have the most recent version of Flash. Ask your IT Pros to visit, and you do this on your family’s computers too, this page:

https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Adobe will provide a report about what version of Flash you have, and provide a way to update it if necessary.

Forward this to all of your friends if you care about their security! Should you omit your mother-in-law from the list of people to whom you forward this? Well, that’s up to you. 🙂

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Get Attacked in a Flash

Mike Foster — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:32:53 +0000

Adobe Flash is one of the programs that attackers love to exploit. Be sure you have the newest version – Adobe just released important patches…

Visit, or be sure your IT Pro visits, Adobe Flash Player to see what version of flash is installed. The page shows what version is installed on your browser, and shows the most recent version. Visit that site in each of your browsers to be sure they all have the latest version of Flash.

Thank you for helping keep the world a safer place to work and live!

Please post your comments below…

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