Critical Security Update - Can't tell if it is phishing

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January 20, 2020
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I have received two emails from email address noreply@emai.lapples.com telling me to click onto a link for a critical security update for Adobe Flash Player.

Is this for real or phishing??

Thanks.

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_maria_

Community Manager

As others have mentioned, this is spam/phishing attempts. Please do not click on the links.

If you still have the emails, please refer to https://helpx.adobe.com/security/alertus.html on how to report phishing emails to Adobe. Adobe does actively pursue these issues.

Thank you

M

markschaeffer@me.com

Participant

I got one today as well, the reply email was: mail@info.adobesysstems.com

What caught my eye was the double (ss) in systems misspelled.

Can you confirm this is spam?

Critical Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player for macOS

A Security Bulletin (APSB19-46) has been published regarding security updates for Adobe Flash Player.

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for macOS.
These updates address a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.
Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. 

Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions using the instructions referenced in the security bulletin.

T

Test Screen Name

Legend

It doesn't matter whether it's a fake or not - because in all cases you'd ignore any links in the message. (My money's on a fake, simply because Adobe have never in the past sent out helpful emails like this, and why would this critical update be different from the hundreds that went before).

To get Flash or to get up to date, go to http://get.adobe.com/flash - unless you are using Internet Explorer or Edge in Windows 10, in which case Microsoft supply the fixes.

T

Test Screen Name

Legend

1. There have been dozens, perhaps hundreds, of critical security updates for Flash. Adobe don’t email us. For one thing, you don’t have to give them your email...so how would they know.

2. If you want the latest Flash Player go to http://get.adobe.com/flash

3. It’s really easy to fake an email address so you can’t see if a email is genuine that way...