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Adobe Flash Player 9 Security
White Papers For this reason, Adobe Flash Player 9 includes a set of security rules and controls to safeguard the user, website owner, and content developer. This white paper provides an overview of the Flash Player security model.
[August 30, 2006, 1:00]
Adobe Flash Player
Downloads Adobe Flash Player software is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough web experiences and is installed on more than 98% of Internet-connected desktops. Flash Player 10 is a lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that...
[November 17, 2009, 4:36]
Adobe player brings Flash videos to desktop
News Not content with having a dominant position in web video, Adobe Systems on Monday is expected to launch Adobe Media Player for playing Flash videos offline. Currently, Adobe provides no way for playing back Flash videos outside the browser.
[April 16, 2007, 9:57]
Adobe launches Flash Player 10
News Adobe has released its first major update to Flash Player in two years. Flash Player 10, which was made available as a free download on Wednesday, supports custom filters and effects, along with graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware acceleration...
[October 15, 2008, 12:28]
Adobe addresses Flash Player 'clickjacking' flaw
News Adobe has addressed a security flaw in its Flash Player products that could lead to 'clickjacking' attacks. Clickjacking attacks take advantage of vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier, as well as vulnerabilities in browsers...
[October 16, 2008, 12:53]
Adobe plugs Flash-player hole
News Adobe released a patch for a Flash player hole this week that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer. The vulnerability is critical for one for Adobe Flash Player 10.0.12.36 and earlier versions, the company said in an...
[February 26, 2009, 10:29]
Adobe releases Flash Player 9 for Linux
News Adobe Systems on Tuesday made good on a promise to release a Linux version of the latest Flash Player, software that lets web browsers view multimedia information such as YouTube videos or animated advertisements.
[January 18, 2007, 8:25]
Adobe fixes flaws in Flash Player, ColdFusion
News Adobe has released fixes for security flaws in its Flash Player and ColdFusion application server. According to Adobe, the critical vulnerabilities were identified in Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier versions, and the fixes do not apply to those...
[November 7, 2008, 11:19]
Alternative to Adobe's Flash Player
Talkback Flash has been around for a long time, and it is fairly simple to create a flash website. Do we really need an alternative? Security holes have been few and patched quickly. Everyone is aware of Microsoft's record on buggy software, and their...
[March 4, 2008, 13:35]
Adobe offers Flash Catalyst for testing
News Adobe said it rebranded Flex Builder to more clearly align the Eclipse-based development tool with the company's Flash line of products, which include the Flash Player found in most web browsers. Adobe on Monday released a public test version of a...
[June 1, 2009, 16:42]
Adobe brings Flash-built apps to the iPhone
News Adobe announced on Tuesday that Flash developers will be able to create applications that run natively on the iPhone, but the ability to have Flash plugged into Safari remains missing. During the keynote of the company's Max conference in the US...
[October 6, 2009, 8:37]
Adobe plans speedier Flash Media Server
News On Tuesday, Microsoft launched Silverlight 1.0, its challenger to Adobe's Flash Player, and said that a number of high-volume websites are using Silverlight. Adobe Systems plans to release an upgrade of its Flash Media Server in the first quarter...
[September 7, 2007, 14:18]
Adobe to tailor Flash for Intel's web TV processor
News In November, ARM announced its own deal with Adobe, which should see Flash Player 10 optimised for devices that use ARM's architecture. Intel and Adobe are to collaborate on optimising Flash technology for the chipmaker's CE3100 media processor...
[January 5, 2009, 14:37]
Mobile and consumer devices get a Flash from Adobe
News Adobe released the next version of Flash player for mobile devices, Flash Lite 2, on Tuesday along with Flash Player SDK 7 for consumer electronics. Adobe acquired Flash when it bought Macromedia last year.
[January 4, 2006, 15:45]
Adobe brings Flash to TVs, set-top boxes
News Until now, Adobe's Flash Player has been used mainly on computers to make animation and video from websites such as YouTube available in a web browser — and the company has been very successful in this market.
[April 20, 2009, 9:52]
Adobe open sources Flash platforms
Blog Adobe has announced that it has open sourced two of its Flash player platforms. Adobe is committed to providing core Flash platform technologies to the community as open source," said Dave McAllister, director of standards and open source at Adobe...
[July 21, 2009, 17:17]
Adobe Flash exploit could log keystrokes
News 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.
[July 13, 2007, 16:34]
Swfdec
Downloads Mac users have had a love/hate relationship with Adobe Flash Player. Swfdec (pronounced "swiff-deck") is an engine that loads and runs Adobe Flash animations. SwfdecPlayer, a desktop Flash animation player.
[September 22, 2008, 19:37]
Adobe and Sun release critical patches
News IT professionals have been warned to patch vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player application and Sun Java Runtime Environment as soon as possible. The Adobe update addresses an input validation error in Flash Player version 9.0.45.0 and earlier...
[July 16, 2007, 12:47]
Adobe patches critical Flash hole
News Adobe has released a patch for a critical Flash Player problem that could let attackers take over people's computers through content viewed in a browser. The vulnerability affected a file that shipped with Flash Player 9.x and 10.x for Windows, Mac...
[July 31, 2009, 8:28]
