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Title: Adobe Flash Player is dead, yet 10% of Macs are infected with fake Flash malware
Post by: HCK on April 06, 2020, 04:05:15 pm
Adobe Flash Player is dead, yet 10% of Macs are infected with fake Flash malware

A recent report claims that OSX/Shlayer malware infects 1 in 10 Macs. Shlayer often takes the form of a fake Adobe Flash Player installer—that's interesting for at least a couple of reasons. Flash is effectively dead; few sites use it, browsers are dropping support for it, and Adobe will stop releasing security updates for it in 2020. So why does malware still masquerade as Flash?

Source: Adobe Flash Player is dead, yet 10% of Macs are infected with fake Flash malware (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/adobe-flash-player-is-dead-yet-10-of-macs-infected-with-fake-flash-malware/)