Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat

I know I promoised a post last night but in truth I didn’t finish it last night nor did I have the energy to do it.  For the time being this website thing is just a hobby for me and can’t pay the bills so I have to keep a real job. (Surprising since this blog is so awesome) but I DID want to bring this to everyones attention today. This morning Adobe, the creators of Flash and Adobe Reader (software you probably use on a daily basis) issued a warning of a critical vulnerability in their software that could allow someone to execute a program on your computer without you knowing.  This is a big flaw as it stretches back all the way to version 9.

There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Excel (.xls) file delivered as an email attachment

What does this mean for you? Well it means that there is yet another vulnerability for someone (or something – think malicious websites and viruses) to exploit and cause damage to your installation of windows.  That is why I am warning you ahead of time:  make sure you don’t blindly click links without looking at them,  make sure you scan your email attachments before opening them and update your software. 

You can view the report for yourself here.