Adobe Fixes Flash Player for Firefox to Stop Crashes

pcworld.com (11 months and 27 days ago)

Jun 23, 2012

Adobe Fixes Flash Player for Firefox to Stop Crashes

The update, Flash Player 11.3.300.262, was released Thursday and applies only to Firefox on Windows. full story

More news more news

Adobe releases emergency patch for Windows and OS X systems

Adobe recently released an emergency update for Flash Player on all platforms after two zero-day bugs were discovered in the wild targeting Windows and Mac OS X computers. The vulnerabilities allowed hackers to hijack both Windows PCs and Macs. Adobe recommends all users to update their systems as soon as possible. The first vulnerability, CVE-2013-0633, tricks users into...

pcworld.com (4 months and 11 days ago)

Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion

Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical vulnerabilities, including one that is already actively exploited by attackers. The Adobe Reader and Acrobat updates include fixes for 27 vulnerabilities, 24 of which could lead to arbitrary code execution if exploited...

pcworld.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Keeping Adobe Flash Player Secure

Although they can be annoying, Adobe’s frequent updates to its Flash player and other software can help keep your computer safer.

nytimes.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Third time's the charm? Adobe patches even more critical Flash vulnerabilities

On Tuesday, Adobe released yet another security patch for Flash player, addressing several critical vulnerabilities that would allow attackers to take control of affected computers. The update is for Windows, OSX, and Linux users. It's the fourth critical Flash update since the beginning of the year—and the third Flash security patch from Adobe in February alone. A total of...

pcworld.com (3 months and 22 days ago)

Apple Snatches Technology Chief From Adobe

Amid a cold war between Apple and Adobe over Flash, a key player is changing teams: Adobe's chief technology officer is heading to Apple, sources say.

cnbc.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Apple Blocks Access to Older Versions of Flash Player on Safari

Apple has blocked access to older versions of Flash Player in order to avoid exposing Mac users to a recently patched vulnerability found within Adobe's video player.

pcmag.com (3 months and 17 days ago)

How I ditched the security risks and lived without Java, Reader, and Flash

Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, and Oracle's Java. All three are virtually ubiquitous on modern-day PCs, and all three provide handy-dandy functionality—functionality that, in the case of Flash and Java, can't be directly reproduced by a third-party solution. If we lived in a vacuum, it would be hard to argue that the trio doesn't deserve its spot on computers around the globe....

pcworld.com (3 months and 13 days ago)

Security of hosted services is top priority for Adobe's first CSO

Adobe Systems has appointed Brad Arkin, the company's senior director of security for products and services, to become its first CSO. With a mature product security program already in place, the top priorities for Adobe's new security chief are to strengthen the security of the company's hosted services and its internal infrastructure.For the past several years, Arkin has...

pcworld.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

Adobe to Webcast Earnings Conference Call

Filed under: Investing Adobe to Webcast Earnings Conference Call SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Adobe Systems Incorporated (NAS: ADBE) today announced it will webcast its first quarter fiscal year 2013 earnings conference call to be held next week. What: Adobe Systems First Quarter Fiscal Year 2013 Earnings Conference Call When: 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Tues., March...

dailyfinance.com (3 months and 7 days ago)

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch resigns to work at Apple

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch is leaving the company to take a job at Apple, a one-time close partner of Adobe that became the most vociferous critic of its Flash technology. Lynch resigned Monday to “pursue other opportunities,” Adobe said in a regulatory filing Tuesday. It later confirmed that he is taking a job at Apple. Lynch had been CTO of Adobe for five years. “We will...

macworld.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

More Games news »