Adobe, Microsoft and Oracle today each issued security updates to fix serious vulnerabilities in their products. Adobe released patches for AIR, Acrobat, Flash and Reader, while Microsoft pushed ...

From the year 2000 through today, Java, Adobe Reader and Flash were responsible for 66% of the vulnerabilities exploited by malware on Windows, according to a new study by research group AV-Test ...

Most admins already know that Java and Adobe’s Flash and Reader are the most vulnerable pieces of software on the average Windows PC. A new analysis from Heimdal Security suggests that while ...

Java is fairly easy to install via GPO.<BR><BR>Adobe Reader is also fairly trivial to install via GPO if you use the available customization wizard. <BR><BR>The biggest problem with Adobe products ...

Some Reader and Java updates will improve the software’s performance or stability, but most are made to plug security holes–so you should definitely install updates as they become available.

Adobe, which develops Flash Player and Adobe Reader -- and which has already enjoyed the attentions now being paid to Java by attackers -- has lauded Mozilla's move to block all browser plug-ins ...

Mozilla engineers plan to disable Java, Adobe Reader, and Microsoft Silverlight capabilities in their flagship Firefox browser in a move aimed at improving security and performance. By default ...

Java, Reader, and Flash are irresistible targets for hacking exploits. So what's it like living without the oh-so-vulnerable trio?

ACCORDING to the recently published Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012, Oracle Java was the most frequently exploited software by cyber-criminals during the year.