Adobe Flash flaw was exploited in North Korea-linked hacks
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The Adobe Flash Player has a serious bug that North Korean hackers may have been exploiting to steal files from computers.
The previously unknown flaw can let an attacker trigger remote code execution over a PC. It affects both the current version of the Adobe Flash Player (28.0.0.137), along with earlier versions.
On Thursday, Adobe Systems issued a security advisory warning that bad actors were exploiting the bug "in limited, targeted attacks against Windows users."
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One security researcher has claimed that North Korea hackers were behind the attacks. Simon Choi, a director at the security firm Hauri, tweeted that the assaults occurred in mid-November, and were targeting South Koreans who were conducting research on North Korea.
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