If you are running Adobe Flash on your computer, which you
most likely are, there is a new patch just released to fix a security hole in
the software. Without the patch there is a chance that a hacker can crash your
system or potentially take control of it. This patch even applies to Mac, Linux
and Android devices.
So far there have been attacks targeting aerospace companies
via infected Microsoft Office documents by way of phishing scam emails. These
documents have embedded SWF Flash Player flies in them which can infect your
computer. And of course there are other ways to infect your computer such as
having some malicious code on a website that utilizes Flash which can cause
just as much damage.
This latest fix brings the most current version of Flash for
Windows and OS X to 11.5.502.149 and the latest Linux version to 11.2.202.262.
If you are an Android 4.x user then you need to be at 11.1.115.36 or 11.1.115.37
for Android 3 and earlier users. You can go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
to download the latest version and get yourself up to date before it’s too
late.
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