HTML5 will not be the same as flash.
Flash is a compiled add on for html that runs in a separate memory space from your browser. This makes it hard to secure since securing your browser doesn't make you safe from the insecure addons. HTML5 is not an addon, and since you can sandbox the browser easily, HTML5 will be way safer by default, right off the bat.
Furthermore, the HTML5 browser code, like in Google Chrome and Firefox is all open for public viewing. Since Flash isn't open source, it may even have backdoors for all we know. The "security hole" might not have even been an accident. A dishonest programmer @ Adobe could have been paid to leave it there, and no one would notice.
In time, HTML5 will not be the same as flash.
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Agreed!
Flash is an addon/extension to run inside of HTML4 (current) or HTML5 (almost finished) where as HTML is a just a standard on paper, it's up to each browser's developers to chase down their own bugs when their browser interprets that standard.
Good stuff +Voidy
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The thing I hate about Hacking Team, is that they sold to my country government and police agencies, a lot of spying software, and they are not using it against the corrupt politicians and crime lords, they are using it against activists and people that its against the corruption.
I use noscript and uBlock to prevent flash to be executed without my consent because that fucking piece of software always has vulnerabilities and Adobe gives a shit. At least the transition to HTML5 is doing well for me
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Sorry, I am sure it was because i said uBlocker instead of uBlock. I honestly think this is way better than adblock and its less resource demanding
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You should use uBlock Origin instead of the "normal" uBlock. uBlock Origin is developed/maintained by the original developer of uBlock.
EDIT: Here's the latest release with download links so those unfamiliar with Github don't have to go digging.
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You just have to whitelist sites you trust and eventually you'll have a big enough whitelist that you rarely have to whitelist new sites.
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Yeah, just enter a page you trust or you visit often and click on allow scripts permanently, that will do, but just for the site, I know its a litte hardcore sometimes but you dont have idea how many times this thing can save you from an infection when visiting a new site
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hahaahah the hydra thing made me laugh. Yeah...I know that feeling man, I hate when I am in a rush and the damn scripts keep coming infinitely
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I use this for PDF, https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/
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Foxit will install Foxit Cloud every time you update the Reader even if you have uninstalled the Cloud software. It will also reset some of your settings after the update. I quite recently switched to Sumatra after using Foxit for over a year.
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No I said there was going to be a patch. Still their software in my opinion (and many others) is still questionable, and there are less questionable alternatives. Also not everyone has set their updates to automatic.
If the update is there already let me know and i will change the op.
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I uninstalled flash and the like a few months back after an announcement here regarding the ransom crypto-lock driveby reports. It freaked me out. I can't use Pandora and some sites now, but it's better than the alternative.
Thanks for sharing the update, Lugum!
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I can sense some Hipsters writing a movie script in a Starbucks right now!
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You don't have to uninstall Flash, if you set your browser to ask you everytime to enable it. Flash is also integrated into Chrome and you can probably only disable it.
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No problem. I'm just glad it's fixed. :) Thanks for the warning.
Unfortunatly this isn't this first time and won't be the last time something like this happens :( It makes you realise, no matter how careful you are with your computer with 3rd party software, malware, scams, phishing etc. always something like this can happen and you can be screwed anyway.
Back in the day with that bug in JAVA where it could execute code outside of the sandbox this happened to me too. I got a worm installed on my computer. That bug wasn't publicly available yet, so yeh, how could anybody know? Luckely I got rid of it without doing any harm.
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Adobe today released a security bulletin confirming a vulnerability in all versions of its Flash product for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company says it is aware of reports that an exploit targeting this vulnerability has been publicly published, and it plans to release a patch on July 8, 2015.
The unpatched Adobe Flash security hole (CVE-2015-5119) was found by security researchers looking through the data leaked from Hacking Team, an Italian company renowned for providing surveillance software that helps governments hack digital devices and snoop on citizens’ online activities. The leak (400GB of emails, source code, client lists, invoices, server backups, and so on) occurred after Hacking Team was itself hacked earlier this week.
http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/07/adobe-confirms-flash-vulnerability-found-via-hacking-team-leak-promises-patch-tomorrow/
Advised is not to watch videos or play Flash games and even better UNINSTALL Flash (and Shockwave to be on the safe side).
[EDIT] You can update it from within Adobe itself or download the new version here https://get.adobe.com/nl/flashplayer/
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