14 DAY TRIAL // Apple today blocked Adobe’s Flash Player yet again, citing security concerns. The Cupertino giant is keeping OS X users out of harm’s way by instructing the Xprotect mechanism to no longer accept Flash versions older than 11.8.800.94.
Adobe recently acknowledged that certain vulnerabilities in its Flash platform “could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system,” prompting Apple to take steps and block the software on its own platforms.
An advisory titled “Flash Player plug-in blocked” available via a mailer service from Apple Inc. reveals that “Due to security issues in older versions, Apple has updated the web plug-in blocking mechanism to disable all versions prior to Flash Player 11.8.800.94.”
This is normal behavior on behalf of the Cupertino giant, so don’t panic. You can always update to the latest stable version by downloading Flash Player manually. Just be careful. If Apple is blocking a certain Flash version, it’s probably for good reason.