Hacker Alert

[NippleMuncher]

Found out today that Flash Player has been hacked. DO NOT watch any online flash movies (.flv), which is basically all videos you'll find anywhere online. Hackers have breached the movie player and if they access your computer, they will change your passwords and hold them ransom. An updated version of flash player should be available for download 2/5/15, but make sure it covers this current issue when you download the upgrade.

Make sure you're getting the upgrade directly from Adobe and not the hackers.

 

[silverwhisper]

thanks for the PSA, NM!

ed

 

[CambsNortyM]

Facebook porn: Malware warning over video

There's more details on BBC Newsbeat (UK)


Facebook porn: Malware warning over video

If someone shares a porn video on Facebook, beware.

The latest threat to users involves a fake Flash Player update which pops up during a preview of a pornographic video.

Once you click on the link to update your video player, malware (the name given to malicious software), downloads onto your computer.

This Trojan horse software gives the creator of the malware remote access to your computer.

They can then download viruses onto your computer.

Security researcher Mohammad Faghani alerted users to the threat in a post on the Full Disclosure blog, which flags up network vulnerabilities.

"The Trojan tags the infected user's friends with an enticing post," he explained.

Faghani warned that the malware then tags up to 20 friends of the victim in the malicious post, thus leading to a larger number of those who could be affected.

He believes it could "infect more than 110,000 users in two days".

You can read more on Mohammad Faghani's Full Disclosure blog

 

[Zeb_Carter]

It's a good thing I don't watch porn.

Adobe just updated Flash Player the other day. Yes, it was the official update from them. It happened during a reboot of my machine after a windows update as it usually does.

 

[NippleMuncher]

An update is now available from Adobe.