Mozilla Firefox temporarily blocks Flash by default<article>
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<p>Mozilla isn’t taking any chances after the discovery that Hacking Team, the recently breached surveillance software maker, had
three working exploits for Adobe Flash. The open source organization decided to block all versions of the Flash Player plugin up to version 18.0.0.203 on Windows. Mozilla said Flash would remain on the Firefox blocklist until Adobe fixes all known vulnerabilities.</p><p>Since that decision was made, however, Adobe appears to have updated its Flash player to version .209, which is not blocked. Adobe had previously said it would fix all known vulnerabilities later this week; It’s not clear if version .209 fulfills that goal.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2948115/browsers/mozilla-firefox-temporarily-blocks-flash-by-default.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Mozilla Firefox temporarily blocks Flash by default
