Latest Adobe Flash news

Microsoft reveals final plan to remove Flash Player in Windows 10

Microsoft quietly revealed its plans to remove the Adobe Flash plugin from Windows 10, with mandatory removal starting in July 2021.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 03, 2021
- 10:10 AM
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Microsoft force installs Windows 10 update to remove Flash Player

Microsoft is force installing a Windows 10 update that removes the embedded 32-bit version of Adobe Flash Player from the operating system.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 17, 2021
- 11:19 AM
- 6
This Flash Player emulator lets you securely play your old games

A Flash Player emulator called 'Ruffle' allows you to play your archived Flash games without fear of being attacked as you browse the web.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 06, 2021
- 09:05 AM
- 2
Firefox 85 adds supercookie protection, removes Flash support

Mozilla Firefox 85 was released today with supercookie protection to block hidden trackers from tracking Firefox users' activity while browsing the Internet.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 26, 2021
- 11:02 AM
- 0
Adobe Flash Player is officially dead tomorrow

Flash Player will reach its end of life (EOL) on January 1, 2021, after always being a security risk to those who have used it over the years.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 31, 2020
- 07:30 AM
- 2
Adobe now shows alerts in Windows 10 to uninstall Flash Player

With the Flash Player officially reaching the end of life tomorrow, Adobe has started to display alerts on Windows computers recommending that users uninstall Flash Player.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 30, 2020
- 05:35 PM
- 1
Microsoft releases update to remove Adobe Flash from Windows

Microsoft has released the KB4577586 update to remove Adobe Flash from Windows and prevents it from being installed again.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 27, 2020
- 02:11 PM
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Adobe fixes critical security vulnerability in Flash Player

Adobe has released a security update for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that could be exploited by simply visiting a website.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 13, 2020
- 11:41 AM
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Microsoft to finally kill Adobe Flash support by January 2021

Microsoft today said that it will finally end support for Adobe Flash Player in its web browsers by January 2021, confirming a coordinated announcement made together with Apple, Adobe, Facebook, Google, and Mozilla in July 2017.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 04, 2020
- 01:35 PM
- 2
38,000 Flash Games Archived for Offline Play and Preservation

With Flash being discontinued by the end of the year, over 38,000 Flash games have been archived so that they are available for offline play and historical purposes.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 03, 2020
- 02:49 AM
- 2
Firefox 69 Released with Enhanced Tracking Protection and Flash Disabled

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version comes with enhanced tracking protection enabled by default, Flash disabled by default, ability to block autoplay videos without sound, and numerous performance and UI improvements.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 03, 2019
- 03:07 PM
- 3
New Microsoft Edge to Retire Flash Using Chrome's Roadmap

Microsoft has announced that the new Microsoft Edge will follow the same Adobe Flash retirement roadmap as Chrome and other chromium-based browsers.
- Mayank Parmar
- September 01, 2019
- 11:12 AM
- 0
Chrome 76 Released With Blocked Flash, Incognito Detection Fix

Google has released Chrome 76 to the Stable desktop channel, with new features and 43 security fixes, with five of them being marked as High severity.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 30, 2019
- 04:57 PM
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New Exploit Kit Spelevo Carries Bag of Old Tricks

A new exploit kit that researchers named Spelevo has emerged recently targeting a certain category of victims and infect their computer systems with two banking trojans.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 27, 2019
- 08:52 PM
- 0
Adobe Releases April 2019 Security Updates for Flash, Shockwave, and More

Adobe has published their monthly Patch Tuesday updates for the month of April 2019. These updates fix various security vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, Shockwave Player, Dreamweaver, Adobe XD CC, Adobe Experience Manager Forms, and Adobe Bridge CC.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 09, 2019
- 01:15 PM
- 0
Microsoft Edge Secret Whitelist Allows Facebook to Autorun Flash

Microsoft's Edge web browser comes with a hidden whitelist file designed to allow Facebook to circumvent the built-in click-to-play security policy to autorun Flash content without having to ask for user consent.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 20, 2019
- 07:48 PM
- 4
Adobe September 2018 Security Updates Fix 6 Critical Vulnerabilities

Today Adobe released security updates for Flash Player and ColdFusion as part of their September 2018 monthly patch Tuesday. These updates fix numerous information disclosure vulnerabilities and critical vulnerabilities in ColdFusion that could allow attackers to remotely execute commands on a vulnerable server.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 11, 2018
- 12:07 PM
- 0
New Fallout Exploit Kit Drops GandCrab Ransomware or Redirects to PUPs

A new exploit kit called Fallout is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware, malware downloading Trojans, and other potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 06, 2018
- 06:24 PM
- 0
Adobe Patches Flash Player, Acrobat, Reader, Creative Cloud Desktop App, More

A few minutes ago, Adobe published its monthly Patch Tuesday updates train for the month of August 2018. This month, Adobe's security team patched vulnerabilities in products such as Flash Player (multimedia player), Experience Manager (enterprise CMS), Acrobat and Reader (PDF readers/editors), and the Creative Cloud Desktop App.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 14, 2018
- 10:20 AM
- 0
Senator Asks US Government to Remove Flash From Federal Sites, Computers

In a letter sent today, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden asked officials from three government agencies to come up with solutions and procedures that mandate the removal of Adobe Flash content from all US government websites by August 1, 2019.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2018
- 02:46 PM
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