ZDNet.com reported yesterday on a bug in the Flash Player that will allow the system clipboard to be hijacked. The attack inserts “a hard-to-delete URL that points to a fake anti-virus program” into the clipboard that can not be removed without restarting the browser and/or the OS itself. Slashdot, of course, pounced on the story and linked to researcher with a harmless demo of the technique.

While not quite in the “cool” category of Flash industry news, it’s at least good to be in the know. In the grand scheme of things, this is a relatively low grade bug. However, it doesn’t help the cause.