Automatic updates of the Adobe Flash Player have started going out today around the world. The update fixes a number of flaws that were mentioned in a recent article; one of the bugs fixed is in which an attacker could take control of a remote system via Adobe Flash Player.
If you want to make sure you have this update, visit Adobe to check your flash player version. If you don’t have the 10.1 version then you can now head to the Adobe Flash download to update.

A security researcher has warned of a vulnerability in older versions of the Windows operating system that allows attackers to take full control of a PC by luring its user to a booby-trapped website.
The flaw resides in the Windows Help and Support Center, a feature that provides users with online technical support. Malicious hackers can exploit the weakness of Windows by embedding commands in web addresses that activate the feature’s remote assistance tool, which allows administrators to execute commands over the internet. The exploit works in XP and Server 2003 …