92% of Windows PCs Vulnerable To Zero-Day Attacks On Flash

CWmike writes "More than 9 out of every 10 Windows users are vulnerable to the Flash zero-day vulnerability that Adobe won't patch until Thursday, Danish security company Secunia says. According to Secunia, 92% of the 900,000 users who have recently run the company's Personal Software Inspector (PSI) utility have Flash Player 10 on their PCs, while 31% have Flash Player 9. (The total exceeds 100% because some users have installed both.) The most-current versions of Flash Player — 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87) — are vulnerable to hackers conducting drive-by attacks hosted on malicious and legitimate-but-compromised sites. Antivirus vendors have reported hundreds, in some cases thousands, of sites launching drive-bys against Flash."

Comments

Re:Flash can DIAFF (flash fire)

[jafiwam]

Interesting assertion.

It's also bullshit.

Re:Millions of complacent idiots devastated

[lockwood]

Oh, for crisake, give it a rest fanboy!

Re:Millions of complacent idiots devastated

[Mr. Firewall]

Except the same vulnerability exists for Mac and Linux users

Uh, hold it there, Professor. Not quite.

Unix users have privelege separation.