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Adobe Flash Exploit Could Log Keystrokes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-thought-adobe-was-good-in-a-wreck dept.

Kenyon Lessi writes "Adobe has issued three critical security updates, one of which is designed to stop a problem in the way the Flash player interacts with browsers, which could result in users' keystrokes being transmitted to attackers. The problem affect Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.45.0, 8.0.34.0 and 7.0.69.0, as well as their earlier versions running on all platforms."

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  1. Great... by 6Yankee · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and TFA has a Flash ad...

    1. Re:Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or maybe it is more evil and they put the article out there to lure you to the Flash ad so they could log your keystrokes.

  2. Always So Negative by eldavojohn · · Score: 4, Funny
    I know a lot of people are going to find something to complain about with these new bugs--no, wait--features of our beloved and adored Adobe Flash plugin but I think we should turn these lemons into lemonade and recognize all the fun things people can do with a tool like a keystroke logger:
    • Get an extremely accurate analysis of your words per minute in typing.
    • Search through the log and double check that you correctly entered all of your banking account numbers, credit card and personal information on all of your internet forms.
    • Do searches on the log to see if you ever accidentally typed "teh" and how many times that happened.
    • Compare your Letter Frequency to the standard featured in Edgar Alan Poe's The Gold Bug
    As you can see, there are many fun & great things that one can do with the potential of these new key logging features.

    </sarcasm>
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    1. Re:Always So Negative by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow... and you typed that post at 55 words per minute!

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  3. Time to update! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Time to update Adobe Updater so it can download the new updates!

    http://www.agavegroup.com/images/articles/adobeUpd ater.gif

  4. Re:Does it effect Flash Lite/Wii users? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Funny

    This therefore begs the question.. Can a keystroke logger also log waggles?

  5. Back in the old days... by TheTranceFan · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, back in the old days we only had linear keystrokes, and they worked fine for us. Now it's all about the log keystrokes with the kids these days.

    World's going to hell.

  6. Positive thinking by TheDarkener · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not that this security hole has much at all to do with it, but I strongly believe in positive thinking.

    Maybe if we all chant, they will hear us.

    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.
    Adobe will open-source flash.
    Yes.

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  7. AMD64 by Sunshinerat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does Anybody know if the 64 bit Linux version is also affected?

    Oh wait...


    MvE

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  8. Re:Monopoly by Nimey · · Score: 1, Funny

    When you gratuitously BiCapitalize you look like a WanKer.

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    Hail Eris, full of mischief...

    E pluribus sanguinem
  9. Re:Is the ActiveX affected? by FranTaylor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exactly.

    "We don't let people bring shotguns to work, but pistols are okay".

  10. Weird files. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I always thought .swf stood for "Some Weird File"