Following the discovery of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Adobe’s Flash Player which is being actively exploited in real-world attacks to infect unsuspecting internet users with malware, experts from Lieberman Software and ESET discuss whether anyone should still be using Flash Player at all.
Jonathan Sander, VP of Product Strategy at Lieberman Software:
While a Flash vulnerability won’t be a direct path to critical data in most cases, if it allows a bad guy to get a foothold- it can be dangerous. Small issues like malware on your Flash-game-playing child’s machine can turn into major breaches if that machine can be used as a stepping stone to your work laptop if it is connected to your home network, for instance. Of course, this malware can spread once you connect to your corporate network in the office the next day.”
Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET:
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