full-disclosure - Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:19:11 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: FunSec List <funsec@...uxbox.org>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	BugTraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez
	without Consent

> It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla.
Got hit offlist for this one. I'd better cite this one, too.

https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&q=mozilla+google+deal
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&q=mozilla+google+irs

Mozilla almost lost their non-profit status because they made so much
money form Google.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> wrote:
> The company that writes the worlds most insecure software [1,2,3] has
> figured out a way to further increase an attack surface.
>
> Adobe now includes additional warez in their updates without consent.
> The warez includes a browser and tools bar. The attached image is what
> I got when I agreed to update Adobe Flash because of recent security
> vulnerability fixes.
>
> It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla.
>
> +1 Adobe.
>
> [1] http://www.google.com/#q=Adobe+site%3Asecurityfocus.com.
> [2] http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=adobe&search_type=all&cves=on
> [3] http://lastwatchdog.com/adobe-surpasses-microsoft-favorite-hackers-target/
> [4] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/29/security_predictions_2010/

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