Thursday, June 13, 2013

Blackberry releases first security fixes for new Z10 smartphone

<p>Blackberry released two security bulletins yesterday, fixing flaws in its software for the Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry Z10 smartphone.</p><p>BSRT-2013-005 affects both the Z10 and the Playbook and fixes vulnerabilities in the bundled Adobe Flash Player.</p><p>This raises an important question in my mind, though. Why on earth has Blackberry launched a new mobile operating system with Flash support, knowing full well the number of vulnerabilities and in the wild attacks against it?</p><p>Apple was first to shun Flash while some Android handset makers bragged about Flash support. For about a month. Then Adobe pulled the plug on its own Android package.</p><p><a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/12/blackberry-releases-first-security-fixes-for-new-z10-smartphone/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.esecurityplanet.com/mobile-security/blackberry-warns-of-z10-smartphone-vulnerability.html">BlackBerry Warns of Z10 Smartphone Vulnerability</a> (eSecurity Planet)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dOe6te8KMV5EBCMu511w1IWHbOBeM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>

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