Hackers can exploit
a flaw in Adobe’s Flash to compromise nearly every Web site that allows
users to upload content, including Google’s Gmail, then launch silent
attacks on visitors to those sites, security researchers said today. Adobe
did not dispute the researchers’ claims, but said that Web designers
and administrators have a responsibility to craft their applications
and sites to prevent such attacks. Read the full article. [Computerworld] Read the research. [Foreground Security]
New Dangerous Flash Origin Policy Flaw
Hackers can exploit
a flaw in Adobe’s Flash to compromise nearly every Web site that allows
users to upload content, including Google’s Gmail, then launch silent
attacks on visitors to those sites, security researchers said today. Adobe
did not dispute the researchers’ claims, but said that Web designers
and administrators have a responsibility to craft their applications
and sites to prevent such attacks. Read the full article. [Computerworld] Read the research. [Foreground Security]
