The Verge:
Flash is basically dead, but like a rotting corpse full of disease and bacteria, it's still capable of doing harm. Yesterday, Adobe released an emergency patch for the software with a number of bug fixes for "critical vulnerabilities," including one exploit the company says is currently being used in "limited, targeted attacks." And while we'd like to say this will be the final security flaw found in Flash this year, honestly, that's not a safe bet. According to one tally, there have been some 316 Flash bugs discovered in 2015 — which is around six every week and means we're due one or two more before we hit 2016.
It’s well-known that Adobe Flash has been on its last leg for a while now, with the company practically begging you to remove the program back in December. At the time, Adobe announced that it was ended support for the program in January 2021.
If you've grown up on the internet, you are almost certainly familiar with Adobe Flash. Well, now, much like your childhood, its time is coming to an end.
There’s mining malware infecting legitimate updates for the Adobe Flash Player. According to Palo Alto Networks, the flaw was first discovered in early August.
