Adobe, Microsoft Patch Critical Security Bugs
Summary: Adobe released a critical update fixing at least 52 security holes in Flash Player and another update addressing at least 30 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, while Microsoft issued 11 security updates resolving more than 40 flaws in Windows and related software. Six of Microsoft's 11 patches earned its "critical" rating, and most of the fixed vulnerabilities sit in Internet Explorer (15 flaws) and Edge (13 flaws), with another critical patch covering Microsoft Office flaws exploitable through poisoned documents.
What's compelling: Flash runs inside the browser, so a user can compromise a machine simply by visiting a hacked or malicious site that targets an unpatched flaw - and Adobe has only delayed, not cancelled, plans to decommission its direct download page, which still hosts patched version 22.0.0.209.
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