Google contributes to kill, or at least limit the use of Flash. Becoming less popular format is the security professionals an open gate, which cybercriminals use very often.
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As of June 30 ads displayed in AdWords network network will be accepted only in HTML 5. Not only that – in June next year already loaded Flash ads stop showing . Companies producing ads are therefore placed at the wall – in about four months must adapt to the new regulations. Due to the fact that “death Flash” is announced for a long time to be ready for it. And in the end users in less exposed to various types of attacks.
Adobe, the owner of Flash, also cut off from their product … changing its name to Animate CC . So it seems that Flash is still alive, but just limit its use should lead to increase security.
How criminals use Flash? Examples are quite a few. Specialists from Trend Micro have discovered the next stage of the action using a new hole in Flash. Criminals send out infected e-mails containing links to news about current political issues such as the operation of Russians in Syria. Links lead to infected websites, which placed exploits. Their start-up may lead to an acquisition of control over a victim computer.
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