Adobe releases critical security patches

Thursday, 10 Apr 2008. Categories: USA

Adobe has released a new set of internet security patches that aim to better protect consumers from potential security threats, it has emerged.

The company is convinced that millions of computers could be vulnerable to being hacked via video software and graphics systems that are often used in relation to interactive websites.

In total, seven newly developed patches have been made available and Adobe states that the threat these products deal with should be rated as "critical".

Explaining the reasons why the problem has become so significant, the company suggested that hackers worldwide have been increasingly turning their attention to the potential weaknesses of flash software to attack computers, for instance by installing malware.

"These vulnerabilities could be accessed through content delivered from a remote location via the user's web browser, email client, or other applications that include or reference the Flash Player," a statement from Adobe explained.

Adobe's Flash Player software technology is estimated to be operating on close to 800 million laptops with internet connections around the world.

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