Yet again another reason for us to consider removing Flash from our systems.

 

For the second time in two weeks Adobe has issued an emergency quick fix for Flash. The latest threat to users of Flash is being called by Adobe as CVE-2014-0502. This is considered a zero-day vulnerability that affects Windows, Macintosh and Linux systems running Flash player. An exploit of zero-day vulnerability is an attack of a previously unknown hole in the software that the vendor is unaware. Adobe has categorized this vulnerability as a Priority level 1 warning that if Flash goes unpatched that it could potentially allows an attacker take control of your system.

Flash is primarily used today to stream video from sites as YouTube and Facebook. Flash is also used in a lot of websites so in order to view these sites Flash is necessary. Many modern mobile OS have gone as far as preventing Flash from being installed due to the security issues from having it installed. With the latest Flash vulnerability individuals and corporations will need to decide if having Flash installed outweigh the benefits.