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Latest 0-Day IE threat?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:01 am
by Easto
How concerned should I be about this one? I've disabled my Flash plugin and have IE in protected mode.
http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategoriz ... tacks.html
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:24 am
by YeOldeStonecat
Eh...supposed to be a rather targeted attack....I'm doubting the every day user and most small businesses will be targeted...BUT...gotta stick to caution.
Of course using a much better browser like Chrome....you're safe.
And Microsofts EMET kit will shut off the spots of Internet Exploader that make it vulnerable.
Or there's that quick fix out there to just disable the .DLL that this exploit utilizes.
....or just use Chrome.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 7:08 am
by YeOldeStonecat
Adobe released the patch......Flash 13.0.0.206
The exploit hit Flash first, and then Java, and then dug into IE.
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 8:02 am
by Easto
MS put their patch out yesterday
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 9:23 am
by YeOldeStonecat
Yup our N-able server pushed it out to our clients yesterday morning.
The day before...it pushed out the Adobe Flash update.
Love that tool!
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 5:24 pm
by Mark
stupid question, but how do i update adobe flash ?
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 7:36 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
Add/remove programs or Programs and Features....look for Adobe Flash...uninstall all existing instances.
Go to
http://www.adobe.com scroll down, lower right corner...Flash...follow the yellow brick road. Opt out of the added junkware, select "auto update" so you don't have to worry about this again.
If you have a fairly recent version of Flash, installing the latest will remove the old one (similar to Java). But if you have a REALLY old version of flash..it won't remove really old versions (again...similar to Java).
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 7:49 pm
by Mark
YeOldeStonecat wrote:Add/remove programs or Programs and Features....look for Adobe Flash...uninstall all existing instances.
Go to
http://www.adobe.com scroll down, lower right corner...Flash...follow the yellow brick road. Opt out of the added junkware, select "auto update" so you don't have to worry about this again.
If you have a fairly recent version of Flash, installing the latest will remove the old one (similar to Java). But if you have a REALLY old version of flash..it won't remove really old versions (again...similar to Java).
thanks cat, got the latest version installed now