Gordon Luk Warns Us Of Another Email Exploit
Just when I thought I had heard it all, Gordon warns me of a new email exploit that looks like it’s from CNN and pretends to load Flash on your computer. You can see the whole story here:
However, for all the cues that were available, the writer of this exploit put in an amount of effort into crafting an authentic-feeling damnit-I-have-to-upgrade-Flash-again experience for an average Internet user that nearly fooled me. If it hadn’t been for my tendency to give up on content rather than install yet another Flash upgrade, I might have been caught hook, line, and sinker.
How many times have you chosen okay on a window without even reading it? I know I have MANY times. I probably would have fallen for this one.
One step you can take to avoid an exploit like this is to go directly to Adobe’s website and install the latest version of Flash right now:
Then when something suggests that you might not have the latest version, you will KNOW that you do.