[LINK] Any one else suffering Adobephobia?

Fernando Cassia fcassia at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 09:23:09 AEST 2015


On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick at vitendo.ca> wrote:

> that requires the most updates. Besides that, their update "app" for Macs
> running Mtn Lion is broken,
> and one has to engage in a near fruitless and time consuming search
> through their tortuous website to
> find a direct download for the DMG file containing the update.
>

UNLESS it´s part of their standard procedure to fix one bug, and create
another, so that intelligence and security services can exploit them
(during the time window between the bug´s introduction and when it becomes
public as 0day) and deliver monitoring software to Persons of Interest...

Let´s not start thinking that this Computer and Information Security is a
profit-driven-business... *sarcasm*

Operation RussianDoll: Adobe & Windows Zero-Day Exploits Likely Leveraged
by Russia’s APT28 in Highly-Targeted Attack
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/04/probable_apt28_useo.html

more recently....

How a Russian hacker made $45,000 selling a 0day Flash exploit to
HackingTeam
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/how-a-russian-hacker-made-45000-selling-a-zero-day-flash-exploit-to-hacking-team/

FC
-- 
During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
act
Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto
Revolucionario
- George Orwell



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