Hacking group targets Windows, Adobe Flash

Seattle – Microsoft Corp. said a computer-hacking group that has previously targeted government agencies attacked its Windows software and Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash program.

The company will release a security patch for its operating system on Novomber 8, Windows chief Terry Myerson said on Tuesday in a blog post on Microsoft’s website.

Users of Microsoft’s Edge browser on the latest update to Windows 10 are protected from the flaw, the company said.

The security exploit, by a group Microsoft calls Strontium, was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group and announced on Monday.

The attacks, which sought to take control of a user’s computer, took advantage of so-called zero-day flaws, or security holes that are unknown to the product’s vendor and therefore no patch has yet been developed. Read more..