8 of the 10 Top Security Flaws Used By Cyber-Criminals This Year Were Flash Bugs (recordedfuture.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Adobe Flash Player provided eight of the top 10 vulnerabilities used by exploit kits in 2015. Angler is currently the most popular exploit kit, regularly tied to malware including Cryptolocker. Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Silverlight are also major targets. All of these are the conclusions of a Recorded Future report.

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And the rest we're probably Jave, Acrobat, and OS

[msimm]

I uninstalled Flash about 4 months ago. Guess what...the web still works. Even the questionable video sites I use work (or at least > 50%, which is enough). Sites that insist on requiring flash in 2015 probably haven't been relevant since 2010. Sites that require wonky plugins had better be for work and get relegated to a Microsoft browser product I don't use for anything else.

Re:And the rest we're probably Jave, Acrobat, and

[GNious]

In a world where Flash is not required for any functionality, and where it has been a known security risk for a long while, websites that require it are either painfully incompetent, or malicious - feel free to remind hostmasters of this.

VMWare - when are you getting rid of it?

[shocking]

Crying shame that you need it for consoles and the like.

Re: And the rest we're probably Java, Acrobat, and

[msimm]

Either abstract it, contain it, or visualize it. Using a poorly maintained platform for the games doesn't mean you have to use it for everything.

Re:Can windows PC runs without Adobe Flash?

[hcs_$reboot]

Likely difficult. Windows 10 seems to be written in Flash

We can go without

[BlackDesign]

There are multiple platforms not using Flash. Look at Apple's Ipad. By default no Flash on this device and still you can visit 99% of the websites (even video content). Its just the developers that need to turn their heads on it, and start using alternatives.

Re:Can windows PC runs without Adobe Flash?

[JaredOfEuropa]

When I last replaced my PC, it was a good while before I felt compelled to install Flash on it again. These days, very few sites require it, even the dodgy Eastern European porn sites and equally dodgy advertising rings seem to have shied away from it. I have Flash installed but the browser is set to block it unless specifically allowed. The last time I activated Flash was to watch a news program on some local TV channel's site.

Flash Bugs running on Microsoft Windows ..

[nickweller]

"8 of the 10 Top Security Flaws Used By Cyber-Criminals This Year Were Flash Bugs"

Bugs in an application can only be exploited by defects in the underlying Operating System

Not supported on most platforms anymore

[Big Hairy Ian]

Flash isn't supported on IOS or Android anymore. It's only supported on Windows & Linux because they are not walled gardens. Can't speak for the Apple Mac but assume it's not supported or at least discouraged.