An anonymous reader writes sends us to The Register for that protection news. The problem is compounded by the fact that some of the most popular Web development tools for generating SWF produce files containing the recently disclosed vulnerabilities. “Researchers from Google have documented serious vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash subject matter which leave thousands of websites susceptible to attacks that steal the personal details of visitors. A web search reveals more than 500,000 vulnerable applets on major corporate, government and

media sites. Removing the vulnerable substance will require combing through website directories for SWF files and thereupon evaluating them one by one. Updates in the Adobe software that renders SWF files in browsers are plus likely, but they probably wouldn’t quell the threat completely… No patch in sight from Adobe, that’s the price to pay for depending on proprietary solutions.”

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