Items tagged with Flash Player

by Paul Lilly - Tue, May 04, 2021

The Adobe Flash Endgame Is In Sight For Windows 10 And We Couldn't Be Happier

Somehow or another, Adobe's Flash Player has stuck around way longer than it should have, even though Adobe has already stopped supporting it. Adobe also began blocking Flash content from running in Flash Player this past January and "strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Dec 31, 2020

Adobe Flash Player Death Watch: Windows 10 Alerts Urge Users To Uninstall Dreaded Software

If you're one of the unlucky few still running Adobe's hated Flash Player plugin, it's time to start saying your goodbyes. Adobe announced long ago that it would end support for Flash given that newer web technologies have emerged over the years to take the place the its security-challenged offering. Earlier this... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Oct 15, 2015

Adobe Confirms Zero-Day Exploit Affects All Versions of Flash Player, Fix Coming Next Week

At this point, we are no longer surprised that Adobe Flash is being used as an easy vector to exploit computers and entire network. Back in the day, late Apple CEO Steve Jobs trashed Adobe Flash, calling it buggy, full of security holes and detrimental to the battery life of mobile devices. Five years later, Flash is... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 15, 2015

Facebook Security Chief Alex Stamos Calls On Adobe To Kill Flash

Has the time come to put Adobe's Flash Player plugin out of our misery? Facebook CSO Alex Stamos thinks so. In a series of Twitter posts, Stamos makes a plea for Adobe to set a date to euthanize Flash, allowing the web and Internet users at large to move on to better (and more secure) technologies. The question is... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, May 14, 2012

Beware of Malware Infested Fake Flash Player for Android

One of the greatest advantages of choosing an Android device over an iOS equivalent is that Google's open source operating system plays nice with Adobe's Flash platform. Unfortunately, Flash doesn't always play nice with Android users, at least not when it's been mucked with. According to security firm Trend Micro, a fake Flash Player infested... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Fri, May 16, 2008

Flash Player 10. Now With New Seasick Goodness!

Adobe's Flash player has a 98% percent install rate, so I guess it's safe to call it an industry standard for video content. They've just released the latest version, Flash Player 10, nicknamed "Astro," as a beta test. It's got some interesting things under the hood that work in the background to make video playback faster. On the visual... Read more...