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Adobe releases patches for Flash Player and Shockwave Player
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-02-13 10:18
Adobe released security updates for Flash Player and Shockwave Player on Tuesday in order to address a total of 19 vulnerabilities affecting the two products.
New stand-alone versions of Flash Player 11 were released for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. The Flash Player plug-ins bundled with Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10 will be automatically updated through the update mechanisms of the two browsers.
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Adobe to address threats in older versions of MS Office
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-02-12 06:02
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) is planning to address some of the security vulnerabilities of older versions of Microsoft Office, especially that related to hacker threats.
Last week the software company said that it add a pop-up warning to its Flash Player, that will be triggered when possible threats are detected inside documents created with Office 2007 and earlier versions.
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Flash under attack, emergency patch issued
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2013-02-08 06:04
Adobe has issued an emergency fix for Flash to prevent two ongoing malware attacks against the world's most popular Web plug-in.
In an advisory note, Adobe announced the latest release of Flash Player 11.5, which will patch two security zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively being used by hackers and malware writers to spread malware.
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Adobe mends security holes in Flash, Reader, Acrobat
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-01-09 04:01
Security flaws in Adobe Flash, Reader, and Acrobat could have been the cause of computer crashes recently. The software company announced today that it sent out updates for these three programs, which are meant to patch security vulnerabilities that cause such system crashes.
"These updates address a vulnerability that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system," the company wrote in a security bulletin today. "Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions."
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Adobe releases Creative Suite 2 for free
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-01-08 02:16
Got an older computer and want to do some photo editing but lack the right software? You may be in luck, as Adobe has released the full version of Creative Suite 2 – including Photoshop CS2, InDesign 2 and other software – for free!
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