Adobe patches zero-day Flash Player flaw used in targeted attacks<article>
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Adobe Systems released an emergency security update for Flash Player Tuesday to fix a critical vulnerability that has been exploited by a China-based cyberespionage group.</p><p>
Over the past several weeks, a hacker group identified as APT3 by security firm FireEye has used the vulnerability to attack organizations from the aerospace, defense, construction, engineering, technology, telecommunications and transportation industries.</p><p>
The hacking group targeted the companies with generic phishing emails that contained a link to a compromised server, researchers from FireEye said in a
blog post Tuesday. The server used JavaScript code to profile potential victims and then served the Flash exploit to the ones meeting attackers’ criteria, the company said.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2939552/adobe-patches-zeroday-flash-player-flaw-used-in-targeted-attacks.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Adobe patches zero-day Flash Player flaw used in targeted attacks
