Flash Player Critical Vulnerability Exploited in IE for Windows Only

A critical security flaw that has been affecting Adobe's Flash Player application now has an update from the software company towards remedying the problem. Actually the flaw had been enabling hackers to exploit it so users could be deceived into taking down malware while browsing in IE (Internet Explorer) that too was getting impacted. Redorbit.com published this on May 6, 2012.

Adobe stated that the flaw was reportedly being abused through personalized assaults that aimed at deceiving end-users into opening one malicious file downloadable from certain e-mail. The attack capitalized on Flash Player active in IE for computers running solely Windows OS.

Being most persuasive, the attack was potentially destructive in that the forwarded string was impersonated and tailored for each e-mail and its recipient. The string consisted of names/e-mail ids belonging to people holding top-ranking positions in their organizations, thereby giving the electronic mails an appearance of legitimacy and also making them supposedly summon urgent action. Web-links too were provided within the e-mails that led onto PDF files consisting of the latest directions on the security fix's usability along with an .exe file that Adobe said was a Trojan.