June 28, 2011 - When analysing malware you are most likely to encounter samples which use all kinds of obfuscation in order to hide from antivirus software that protects your computer. This is also true for malware written in flash (more specifically, (continue reading...) Read more
June 14, 2011 - Adobe has released its latest batch of quarterly security updates covering Flash, Shockwave, Reader, Acrobat, ColdFusion, LifeCycle and Blaze. After only 9 days, another zero-day exploit has been fixed in Adobe (continue reading...) Read more
June 12, 2011 - In this week's Chet Chat, Rich Baldry joins me to discuss the future of Mac threats and how many threats are not platform specific. Rich (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2011 - Adobe released a security advisory warning the users of a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Versions 10.2.152.33 and earlier. An exploit targeting this vulnerability was embedded inside Microsoft Excel documents and was used to deliver the malicious code to (continue reading...) Read more
April 18, 2011 - Last Friday Adobe published the patch for the critical 0-day vulnerability in their Flash Player. It had been disclosed early last week as being used in attacks on machines in the (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2011 - As expected, today Microsoft and Adobe published updates for Windows, Internet Explorer, (continue reading...) Read more
December 31, 2010 - Pierre-Marc tells me that he has received two malware samples that grabbed his attention due to their resemblance to Storm/Waledac. They use the same kind of distribution mechanism: that is, spam with links to a New Year eCard for New (continue reading...) Read more
November 5, 2010 - Adobe has issued a security update for its widely-used Flash software, protecting against a number of critical security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious hackers. In a (continue reading...) Read more
October 18, 2010 - This is the last segment in the series. To begin with, I have a question for you… What do you call a device that has a 1 gigahertz microprocessor, 512 megabytes of RAM, several gigabytes of solid state storage, runs (continue reading...) Read more
October 6, 2010 - In the first part of this blog I told you how to use the basic Flash configuration utility. This blog is for the techies. This time I’ll share with you how to shut the doors on Flash and only open (continue reading...) Read more
October 6, 2010 - Adobe Flash is, in my opinion, the most ubiquitous spyware in the world and no products detect it as such. The reason it goes undetected is that it also has numerous legitimate uses, however, there is growing evidence that indicates (continue reading...) Read more
September 24, 2010 - Recently a lawsuit was filed against Walt Disney’s internet subsidiary and some of its partners as well. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/17/flash_cookie_lawsuit/ At issue is the use of a special kind of cookie that is used in conjunction with Adobe Flash. These “supercookies” are (continue reading...) Read more
September 22, 2010 - This is outside my normal beat on data protection, but since we know that most cyber exploits these days are about getting to your data, I figure it’s OK to stray a bit. Two bits of news which popped up (continue reading...) Read more