United States: Default on all versions of the Firefox web browser has developed a block in the functioning of Adobe’s Flash software
Mozilla, which developed Firefox is said to have imposed block because it has been found that the recently unearthed bugs in Flash were actively used by Cyber thieves.
This is the reason why block was being imposed by Mozilla, the developer of Firefox.
The details regarding the bugs were furnished in a storage space of documents stolen from security firm Hacking Team which were being hit by attackers last week.
At this juncture Adobe said that the security of the Flash was being considered in a serious manner and planned to fix bugs.
Nowadays Flash is being widely used on many websites for both multimedia and interactive elements.
On its support pages, Mozilla has revealed that the block would remain until Adobe releases an updated version to address known critical security issues.
According to Mozilla, attackers were known to have used malicious software on computers to create vulnerabilities in Flash and steal data.
The appearance of the block was soon after Facebook’s newly appointed security chief Alex Stamos’s public call for the Adobe to kill off the Flash.
He said that it was time for the Adobe to announce the end-of Flash and ask the browsers to set kill bits on the same day.
Flash, and other Adobe products, are regularly featuring among the top 10 applications favored by criminals to compromise computers and steal sale-able data as they have been using on so many devices.

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