Adobe Flash Player prior to 10.3.183.51 and 11.x prior to 11.5.502.149 on Windows and Mac OS X, prior to 10.3.183.51 and 11.x prior to 11.2.202.262 on Linux, prior to 11.1.111.32 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and prior to 11.1.115.37 on Android 4.x allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
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In early June, Kaspersky Lab announced a discovery that opened a whole new chapter in the field of cyber-espionage. Named NetTraveler, this is family of malicious programs used by APT actors to successfully compromise more than 350 high-profile victims in 40 countries. The NetTraveler group infected victims across both the public and private sector including government institutions, embassies, the oil and gas industry, research centers, military contractors and activists. The threat, which has b...
A new-ish Flash exploit has been on the loose for attacks around the web. This time, the attackers have compromised a caregiver site providing support for Tibetan refugee children and are spreading backdoors signed with Winnti stolen certificates delivered with Flash exploits – the compromised web site is the NGO “Tibetan Homes Foundation”. Previously, FireEye identified similar “Lady Boyle” related malicious swf exploiting CVE-2013-0634. A notification has been sent to the contacts of...
Critical block for active Win and Mac attacks
Updated Adobe published a critical Flash Player update on Thursday that fixes not just one but two zero-day flaws, both under active attack by hackers. Both Windows and Mac users are in the firing line. One of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-0633) is being harnessed in targeted attacks designed to trick marks into opening a Microsoft Word document email attachment that contains malicious Flash (SWF) content. The exploit targets the ActiveX version of Flash Player on Windows. The second vulnerabili...
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