Security and Privacy

Adobe released new versions of Flash and AIR today to address vulnerabilities in both products. Applying these updates as soon as practicable is a good idea, as Flash vulnerabilities are popular exploit vehicles in the wild.

Click here to install Flash 10.0.42.34.

Click here to install AIR 1.5.3.

The expanded security advisory explains that critical vulnerabilities could provoke crashes or remote code execution. Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18 and earlier versions and Adobe AIR 1.5.2 and earlier versions on all platforms are vulnerable.

7 new vulnerabilities are described cursorily. A patch to an eighth and older vulnerability is also updated. Adobe issues thanks to 6 different researchers for the help they provided with the vulnerabilities.

The advisory also adds that Flash Player version 10.1, which Adobe expects to release in the first half of 2010, will be the last to support PowerPC-based G3 Macs. They are discontinuing support, including security updates, past that version because they are implementing performance enhancements not supported in those processors.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920

Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp

To my way of thinking this means that Apple have finally admitted that Windows has a wider user base and is more functional than any Mac OS

However anybody attempting to install any version of windows on a mac computer should be aware that Apple have not and will not issue W7 compatible drivers for much of their hardware so not everything will work using Windows on a Mac