Regardless of what operating system you use, you should disable Flash for the next few days, likely till next week. A so-called 'white hat' hacking firm (I'm dubious about them) was itself hacked recently, and some of their techniques are now in the hands of the true baddies. So far, several techniques for using even the most updated versions of Adobe Flash Player to attack systems have been found, and I believe a few more will be on the way soon.
Note that this affects all systems that use Flash Player - Windows, Mac, Linux, whatever. The flaws are NOT operating system specific. The attack would need to be, but any system that allows a browser to activate the Flash Player is potentially at risk.
Even if you limit your browser use to supposedly safe sites, you can be attacked. The usual technique for doing this is for the attacker to compromise a publisher of advertising content. The victim visits a 'good' site, like a news network, a hobby site, or something similar. That 'safe' site includes ads provided from the now compromised server, so even though the place you are visiting is not infected, some of what they send you is...
And we'll have fun, fun, fun, till her daddy takes the T-Bird away...
Note that this affects all systems that use Flash Player - Windows, Mac, Linux, whatever. The flaws are NOT operating system specific. The attack would need to be, but any system that allows a browser to activate the Flash Player is potentially at risk.
Even if you limit your browser use to supposedly safe sites, you can be attacked. The usual technique for doing this is for the attacker to compromise a publisher of advertising content. The victim visits a 'good' site, like a news network, a hobby site, or something similar. That 'safe' site includes ads provided from the now compromised server, so even though the place you are visiting is not infected, some of what they send you is...
And we'll have fun, fun, fun, till her daddy takes the T-Bird away...