Noticed anything strange in your clipboard lately? There’s a new Flash-based attack percolating across the web that can inject potentially dangerous URLs into your clipboard, which you might then inadvertent paste into your browser’s URL bar.
Adobe has acknowledged the attack and says it is investigating a fix. In the mean time, exercise caution when copying Flash data to your clipboard.
It would appear that the attacks are apparently quite sophisticated. Security research firm Sophos reports that, “if the professional looking sites that are being used to distribute this fake alert malware are anything to go by, the criminals behind it are very organized.”
The company goes on to say that the attackers are “using aggressive techniques to infect victims as well — for example large spam campaigns and compromised web sites.”
That means just because you trust the site, doesn’t mean it hasn’t been compromised.
We’ll be sure to let you know when a fix or Flash upgrade is available.
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