[arch-general] current flash vulnerabilities - what to do?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:20:48 -0400, Daniel Micay wrote:
>On 16/07/15 12:06 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/14/facebook-end-adobe-flash-firefox-blocks-hacking
>
>Mozilla blocked the vulnerable version, as they've done in the past.
>The current release isn't blocked because there aren't yet disclosed
>security vulnerabilities.
>
>Google bundles the PPAPI Flash player with Chrome so they don't need a
>comparable blacklist as it gets updated with the browser.

That's not why I posted this link. I posted it regarding the
quote of Facebook’s head of security Alex Stamos:

"It is time for Adobe to announce the end-of-life date for Flash and to
ask the browsers to set killbits on the same day."