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Pulitzer Prize-winning Paul Greenberg, one of the most respected and honored commentators in America, is the editorial page editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, ColdFusion
Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, ColdFusion
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IDG News Service – Adobe Systems released security updates for Flash Player, AIR and ColdFusion to fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow
attackers to take control of affected systems or read information from servers without authorization.
The updates for Flash Player and Adobe AIR, an Internet rich application runtime with Flash support, fix two memory corruption
vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution.
Adobe recommends that users update to Flash Player version 11.9.900.152 for Windows and Mac and version 11.2.202.327 for Linux.
The Flash Player version bundled with Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 11 on Windows
8.1 will be automatically updated through the update mechanisms of those browsers, the company said in an advisory.
Windows, Mac and Android users of Adobe AIR and Adobe AIR SDK (software development kit) should update to version 3.9.0.1210
of those programs.
Adobe also released security hotfixes for versions 10, 9.0.2, 9.0.1 and 9.0 of its ColdFusion application server. Those patches address a critical vulnerability
that could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to read information from a vulnerable server and a reflected cross-site
scripting (XSS) whose exploitation requires authentication.
ColdFusion servers have been targeted by attackers in the past. In January, Adobe warned customers that attackers were exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in ColdFusion and in April hackers broke into the management servers and customer database of Linode, a virtual private server hosting
firm, by exploiting a previously unknown ColdFusion vulnerability.
Adobe is not aware of any exploits or attacks that are actively targeting the vulnerabilities fixed in the new security updates
and does not believe the vulnerabilities are related to the theft of source code the company announced at the beginning of
October, Adobe spokeswoman Heather Edell said via email.
On Oct. 3, Adobe announced that hackers broke into its internal network and stole the source code of Adobe Acrobat, ColdFusion, ColdFusion Builder and other products. Security researchers said
at the time that the source code leak might help attackers find vulnerabilities in the affected products.
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Drivers warned of new "flash for cash" insurance scam
The criminals can make money by putting in false personal injury claims for whiplash, billing insurance firms for loss of earnings, or submitting fake bills for vehicle storage, recovery, repairs and replacement car hire.
“The problem is a growing problem,” he told the BBC.
“Financially it costs insurers £392m a year. That impacts on motorists as it’s an extra £50 to £100 on every person’s premium, so that’s a financial cost.
“[There are] emotional costs [as] if you’re involved in a crash you could well lose your confidence, and if your passengers are children they may well become wary of being passengers in cars, and of course you may get injured or killed.”
“Flash for cash” is a variation on the well-known car insurance scam known as “crash for cash”, in which criminals slam on their brakes for no reason, forcing the victim to smash into the back of their vehicle.
Similar insurance claims are then made by the fraudster, with the same risks posed to the innocent motorist they have targeted.
In February, four conmen were jailed at Reading Crown Court in Berkshire after the death of Baljinder Kaur Gill, a 34-year-old driver killed in a car crash that had been staged to claim a £20,000 insurance payout.
The incident was the first time a “cash for crash” scam was known to have caused the death of a driver.
Drivers warned of new "flash for cash" insurance scam
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Flash floods batter Afghanistan, at least 22 dead
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1 of 3. Afghans stand near a destroyed house after floods in the Shakar Dara district of Kabul August 11, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail
KABUL |
KABUL (Reuters) – At least 22 people in Afghanistan were killed and farmland was damaged when flash floods hit a plain near the capital, officials said on Sunday.
Normally arid Afghanistan can get heavy rain in its summer and more than 60 people were killed early this month in flooding east of the capital, Kabul.
The latest floods followed hours of torrential rain and hail on Saturday, with the Shomali plain, just to the north of Kabul, particularly hard hit.
Six of the dead were children, said senior Kabul police officer, Sayed Ekramuddin Jalal.
“We have already sent teams of rescuers to the area and taken people out of danger,” he said.
Several people were injured and about a dozen homes were washed away. Many irrigation canals and wells, as well as orchards and fields were damaged, he said.
Some of the victims were visiting relatives for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, he said.
Two women were killed and four people were injured in flooding elsewhere, said Ghulam Farouq, an official at the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness.
(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Miriam Arghandiwal; Writing by Dylan Welch; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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