Friday evening, Adobe issued a warning about attacks that are exploiting an unpatched security flaw in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player products. Some experts say this kind of threat is only going to grow.

"This vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system," Adobe's Wendy Pollen wrote in security advisory on the company's blog late Friday. "There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat."

Verizon Business quickly cautioned on its own blog that this type of attack on Adobe software is probably on the rise.

"The recent history of criminal attacks on Adobe products indicates this is likely to get much worse before it gets better," wrote Dave Kennedy on the Verizon Business Security Blog.

For more:
- see the Adobe security advisory
- check out Dave Kennedy's post at Verizon Business Security Blog

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