The end is nigh for Adobe Flash
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Loading... - J. Oliveira
- 14 Jul 2020
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Mozilla has blocked all versions of Adobe Flash in its Firefox browser, dealing another major blow to the much-maligned platform.
The company's support team said Flash would remain blocked until "Adobe releases a version which isn't being actively exploited by a publicly known vulnerabilities".
On a support page Mozilla told users it had blocked Flash for their "protection". "The problematic add-on or plugin will be automatically dibbled and no longer usable", the firm explained.
The latest security concerns surrounding Flash come from documents stolen from Hacking Team, which revealed major flaws in the software that were being used by the company to remotely control computers. Adobe is still working to fix the flaws, which it labelled "critical vulnerabilities".
And Mozilla isn't the only one worried about Flash. Facebook'schief security officer Alex Stamos has called on Adobe to announce an "end of life" date for Flash.
In a series of posts on Twitter Stamos said Adobe needed to set a date to "drive" people to ditch Flash and upgrade to HTML5. He added that if Adobe decided on a date to switch off Flash for good it would enable the whole "ecosystem" to upgrade "at once".
