Protect Yourself Against Exploits Targeting Flash!

Yesterday’s disclosure of a serious vulnerability in Adobe’s Flash Player produced reports today of exploits in the wild targeting that vulnerability. Thanks to the security improvements in Adobe Reader X, malware authors are moving towards greener pastures. Are you ready for another era of malicious Office documents? Today’s malware is circulating in the form of infected Excel spreadsheets.

Fidelis XPS users can spot active content like Flash in Excel documents (or embedded in any other kind of payload). Given that there’s virtually no good reason for Flash content to be embedded in a spreadsheet, and given the seriousness of this (still unpatched) vulnerability, we’d like you to know there’s a simple rule available today to help you defend yourself against this threat.

If you’re a Fidelis XPS customer, get in touch with our support department right away, and we’ll provide you with access to the rule.

If you’re not yet a Fidelis  XPS customer, now might be a good time to get in touch with us at 800-652-4020 (or sales@fidelissecurity.com)*.

* Unless you already have a security technology that can spot and kill Flash payloads in compressed Excel documents at wire speed, preventing them from entering your enterprise via any number of channels and exploiting an unpatched vulnerability that's present on all of your workstations.