Technology giants have to stay on their toes to maintain computer security, which is a very debatable topic. For the third consecutive month Adobe had to patch another zero-day vulnerability. To remain in the competition Adobe Flash has to pay a lot of attention towards security. Before major harm could be done on the Internet security experts had to close down a zero day vulnerability for the third time in a row. Fortunately the update was released soon, but it depended on how fast users updated their software. Security did a good job of rectifying 25 security bugs. These bugs if not discovered would allow internet criminals to do a lot of malware/malpractice and cause lot of harm.
The security team did a lot more than just fix this particular zero-day vulnerability. A total of 25 security bugs were addressed by the team. Twenty-five security bugs is a very high number for a tool which has seen two similar security patches in recent weeks. All of these security issues could also lead to code execution, which would then theoretically allow internet criminals to run malware on the infected computers.
Usually the main concern about such zero-day vulnerabilities is not knowing what malware will be installed in the device, until it is too late. Users are known to put themselves at significant risk by not updating their Adobe Flash software in a timely manner, which then allows Internet criminals to exploit the infected computers even further with all types of harmful software. Users who wish to keep themselves safe can either choose to update their Flash installation as soon as possible, or turn off Flash completely whenever they are in no need of it. Internet platforms are now beginning to upgrade to HTML5 for video playback content, thus eliminating the need for Adobe Flash altogether.
