A security researcher has released an exploit for an unpatched security vulnerability in Adobe's Shockwave Player, warning that the flaw could be targeted to launch drive-by malware download attacks.

Adobe issued a security advisory earlier this week for a potentially serious flaw discovered in its Shockwave application. Adobe has quickly developed a fix for the issue, though, which will be ...

Last week, Adobe Systems Inc. shipped critical security updates for its PDF Reader software. Now comes an update that fixes at least two critical flaws in Adobe’s Shockwave Player, a commonly ...

Adobe promises that its next Shockwave update will bring its bundled Flash Player patch levels up to date; in the meantime, Shockwave offers hackers a large attack surface to target. It’s bad enough ...

Adobe today released a patch to fix several serious security flaws in its Shockwave Player software. The update, which is rated "critical," addresses a total of five documented vulnerabilities. The ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning about a dangerous security hole in Adobe’s Shockwave Player that could be used to silently install ...

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Adobe Shockwave is a browser-based multimedia platform for interactive applications and video games. Most developers and content creators of Shockwave have migrated to other Adobe tools like Animate, ...

The future of Adobe Contribute, Adobe Director and Shockwave are not just bleak; it’s already pitch black after the computer software company Adobe Systems announced the end for these three. The ...

Adobe is discontinuing updates of its Adobe Shockwave player for Windows and will stop providing downloads for it, starting April 9. The browser-based multimedia platform was used mostly for ...