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The release of the current version is part of the scheduled quarterly update, so there is nothing abnormal. Major changes in this build touch on EchoSign technology, printing and exporting PDF files. Built-in capabilities to sign PDF files as well as send them to be signed are available in both applications. PDF pr... |
11 January 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Today, Adobe made available for download a new flavor of their Adobe Reader application for devices powered by Google’s Android platform.
According to the company, the new release brings along a series of fixes for various issues that have been discovered with the application when loaded on Android 4.0 devic... |
21 December 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Adobe has found a critical vulnerability in its Reader X and Acrobat X applications for all supported platforms, including Mac OS X. For Mac users in particular, the Photoshop makers plan to roll out a security patch early next year.Talking about the vulnerability in a dedicated advisory on their web site, Adobe reve... |
7 December 2011
11:41 GMT |
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The standard tool used by millions worldwide to read PDF files on their computer, Adobe Reader, has been ported to iOS as a free native application that allows you to view and interact with PDFs on your iPhone or iPad.Requiring any iDevice from the iPhone 3GS up and iOS 4.2.5 or later, “Adobe Reader is the free... |
18 October 2011
05:51 GMT |
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According to statistics gathered by cloud security provider Zscaler, 56.4% of enterprise users have out of date Adobe Reader plug-in versions inside their browsers.The company gathered statistics about browser plug-ins and presented the results in its "State of the Web" report [pdf] for the second quarter of 2011."Ne... |
10 August 2011
09:55 GMT |
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According to an analysis performed by Czech antivirus vendor AVAST Software one in every ten users is running an unpatched version of Adobe Reader.The company's test base is large and very diverse, avast! Free Antivirus being one of the most popular antivirus products in the world with over 131 million active us... |
13 July 2011
11:51 GMT |
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Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat in order to address critical security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to execute malicious code.The updates contain fixes for a number of twelve security vulnerabilities that can lead to arbitrary code execution, a security bypass flaw, and two ... |
15 June 2011
09:56 GMT |
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Adobe is expected to release scheduled security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat next Tuesday in order to patch critical security vulnerabilities.Updates will be made available for Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) for Windows and Adobe Reader X (10.0.3) for Macintosh; Adobe Reader 9.4.3 and earlier versions for Windows an... |
10 June 2011
11:55 GMT |
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We recently had the chance at the Hack in the Box 2011 security conference in Amsterdam to speak about PDF malware with security researcher Didier Stevens. But Mr. Steve Adegbite, a senior security strategist at Adobe Systems, was also on site to speak on a much awaited panel, so we took the opportunity to learn his ... |
3 June 2011
09:40 GMT |
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One of the primary attractions at the Hack in the Box 2011 Amsterdam security conference last week was Didier Stevens' two-hour lab session on malicious PDF analysis.The Belgian IT security consultant is seen as one of the industry's top PDF exploit experts and his analysis tools are used by resea... |
27 May 2011
10:07 GMT |
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Adobe has released new versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat in order to address two vulnerabilities, one of which has been actively exploited in the wild since two weeks ago.Identified as CVE-2011-0611, the flaw affects the authplay.dll Flash Player component bundled with Adobe Reader and Acrobat.The vulnerability wa... |
21 April 2011
13:56 GMT |
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Adobe plans to release a security patch for Flash Player tomorrow and one for Adobe Reader and Acrobat two weeks from now in order to address a critical vulnerability actively exploited in the wild.The security issue was discovered earlier this month in targeted email attacks that distributed Word documents rigged wi... |
14 April 2011
02:51 GMT |
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Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address a zero-day vulnerability in the bundled Flash Player component.The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2011-0609 and was confirmed last Monday after attacks were detected exploiting it in the wild.The flaw affects Adobe Flash Player and can be... |
22 March 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Adobe has released its scheduled quarterly security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat, addressing a large number of critical vulnerabilities.In total, the updates provide fixes for 29 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0), 9.4.1 and 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac. Updates for the UNIX platform are expecte... |
9 February 2011
02:48 GMT |
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Security vendor GFI Software warns that the number of malicious PDF files detected in the wild has significantly increased last month with two detections making it into the top ten.According to data gathered by the company's ThreatNet system, two PDF exploits detected as Exploit.AbobeReader.Gen and Exploit.PDF-J... |
4 February 2011
12:47 GMT |
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Adobe is preparing to release the first security updates for the new Adobe and Acrobat X product line next Tuesday, which will address critical vulnerabilities.The announcement was made by the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) and a prenotification security advisory was published."Adobe is plannin... |
4 February 2011
11:58 GMT |
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Adobe warns that cyber criminals are piggybacking on the Adobe Acrobat X availability news in order to phish personal information from users. On Monday Adobe announced the release of Acrobat X solutions, which includes the Acrobat program itself and new Acrobat.com services, like the Adobe SendNow.Acrobat X provides ... |
17 November 2010
03:34 GMT |
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Adobe has released updates for its Reader and Acrobat products in order to address several vulnerabilities that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely.The new 9.4.1 versions have only been released for Windows and Mac, the UNIX updates being scheduled to land on November 30.Patched bugs include CVE-2010-... |
17 November 2010
02:52 GMT |
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Adobe plans to ship critical security updates for Reader and Acrobat on Tuesday, which will address several publicly known and actively exploited vulnerabilities.According to a prenotification announcement posted on the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) blog, this will be an out-of-band release ai... |
15 November 2010
04:03 GMT |
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Adobe is still investigating reports of a new code execution vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, but recommends blacklisting the affected JavaScript function in the meantime.The flaw was reported as a zero-day on Wednesday, when someone posted a proof-of-concept exploit on the Full Disclosure mailing list.Howe... |
5 November 2010
04:27 GMT |
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French security research company VUPEN confirmed that an Adobe Reader and Acrobat vulnerability reported as a zero-day earlier today, can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.According to the reputed vulnerability intelligence vendor, the flaw is caused by a heap corruption error in the EScript.api plugin, which ca... |
4 November 2010
12:57 GMT |
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According to the preliminary findings of some security researchers, a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player might be exploited in the wild to infect users with a trojan.The alert comes from independent security researcher Mila Parkour, who maintains the Contagio Malware Dump blog. Ms. Parkour was also cred... |
28 October 2010
04:16 GMT |
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With the first Windows Phone 7 handsets already hitting shelves around the world, Microsoft would have to focus more on the development of applications for the new mobile operating system, as only a small number of software solutions were made available today in the Windows Phone Marketplace.However, more applicatio... |
21 October 2010
06:41 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of scam emails purporting to come from Adobe employees, who advise users to buy a fake upgrade for Adobe Reader.The emails bear a subject of "Action Required : Active Your New Adobe PDF Reader" and come from an “Adobe Support” <newsletter@adobe-download-center.com> addr... |
18 October 2010
13:43 GMT |
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Adobe announced October 5 as a definitive release date for its upcoming Adobe Reader and Acrobat quarterly security updates, which will address two zero-day vulnerabilities.On September 8, Adobe confirmed that a critical arbitrary code execution exists in the latest versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat, after discove... |
1 October 2010
09:39 GMT |
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Experts from a penetration testing and security auditing firm have patched the Adobe Reader file, which contains a vulnerability currently exploited to infect users with malware.The previously unknown flaw was discovered last week in the wild, where it was being exploited via malicious PDF documents.Security research... |
16 September 2010
13:55 GMT |
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Adobe plans to ship a fix for the actively exploited critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat during the week of October 4.The remote code execution flaw, identified as CVE-2010-2883, was confirmed by Adobe last Wednesday after being spotted in attacks infecting users with malware.The exploit employs advanc... |
14 September 2010
04:26 GMT |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab warn that malware dropped by the latest PDF-based attacks is digitally signed with a certificate stolen from a credit union.The new attacks targeting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader seems to become more sophisticated by the hour.One of the exploits uses return-oriented... |
9 September 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Adobe warns that a new critical zero-day vulnerability affecting its Reader and Acrobat products is actively being exploited in the wild to compromise computers.The company has published a Security Advisory about the flaw, identified as CVE-2010-2883 and for which public exploit code is available."A critical vulnerab... |
8 September 2010
16:12 GMT |
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Adobe announced that the upcoming out-of-band security updates, which will address several critical security issues in its Reader and Acrobat products, are expected to land tomorrow.Back in July, at the Black Hat security conference, reputed security researcher and Apple hacker Charlie Miller disclosed a previously u... |
18 August 2010
08:02 GMT |
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Adobe plans to deliver out-of-band security updates for its Reader and Acrobat products in two weeks. The new releases will contain emergency patches for several critical security issues including a zero-day vulnerability disclosed at the Black Hat security conference late last month."A Security Advisory has been pos... |
5 August 2010
15:56 GMT |
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Adobe has confirmed a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability revealed by a security researcher during the Black Hat security conference last week. The company has yet to decide if it needs to break out of its quarterly update cycle in order to patch it.The Adobe bug was disclosed by renowned hacker and security... |
4 August 2010
03:24 GMT |
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Adobe has made some great steps into the mobile phone market this year, both with the launch of Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones, as well as with the release of some new applications for mobile phone users, including Adobe Reader for Android. Made available for users all around the world only two months ago, the so... |
30 July 2010
12:51 GMT |
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Adobe began distributing the latest patched version of its Adobe Reader product directly from the official download site. The standard practice until now was to offer the installer for the last single-dot version and update it on first run.Because of its ubiquity, for the past several years Adobe Reader has been one ... |
15 July 2010
03:13 GMT |
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A security researcher has found a method to block the workaround for Adobe's /Launch bug fix, disclosed last week. The bypass prevention involves modifying Adobe Reader's blocklist in the registry.The /Launch bug refers to a shortcoming in Adobe Reader's implementation of the PDF /Launch action. This f... |
5 July 2010
05:31 GMT |
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Adobe announced that it will investigate the /Launch bug fix circumvention method disclosed by a Vietnamese security researcher yesterday. Meanwhile, it points out that the feature's open file dialog has been completely modified to render arbitrary content insertion impossible. The critical security updates... |
2 July 2010
01:31 GMT |
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Adobe's fix for the Reader /Launch action social engineering bug, that has already been exploited in malicious attacks, is inadequate. Security researchers from Bkis have released proof-of-concept code demonstrating that it can easily be circumvented.Two days ago Adobe released important security updates fo... |
1 July 2010
04:48 GMT |
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Adobe has finally addressed a bug facilitating a social engineering attack that could trick users into executing malicious programs from inside PDF documents. The technique abused shortcomings in Adobe's implementation of the PDF specification's /Launch feature.At the beginning of April, a Belgian researche... |
30 June 2010
04:17 GMT |
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Adobe is planning to ship an important security update for its Reader and Acrobat products tomorrow. The update will address a critical remote code execution vulnerability disclosed earlier this month, as well as other security issues.In a Security Advisory released at the end of last week, Adobe explains that the ba... |
28 June 2010
09:54 GMT |
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Adobe is rushing to fix an actively exploited Flash Player and Adobe Reader vulnerability, disclosed as a 0-day recently. A Flash Player security update is scheduled to ship on Thursday, while the scheduled update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat has been accelerated and is expected to land on June 29.
Last Friday, Adob... |
8 June 2010
11:54 GMT |
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Adobe warns users that an unpatched vulnerability affecting Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat is actively being exploited in the wild. The critical flaw allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability affects the latest stable releases of Flash Player 10.0.x and 9.0.x, as well as any older vers... |
5 June 2010
06:32 GMT |
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Adobe has recently released a series of solutions for Google's Android operating system, including a beta flavor of its Flash Player 10.1 and a pre-release of AIR for Android, as well as a mobile version of its Adobe Reader, specifically designed for the mobile platform. While various other solutions already of... |
26 May 2010
09:52 GMT |
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A new email-based social engineering attack employing the PDF /Launch technique to infect computers with malware has been spotted in the wild. The malicious messages trick users into opening rigged PDF files by claiming they contain the fresh POP3/SMTP connection settings.At the end of last month, Didier Stevens, an ... |
28 April 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos warn that malicious PDF files exploiting the /Launch feature present in most PDF viewers have already been detected in the wild. The booby-trapped documents trick users into installing malware on their systems.About two weeks ago, reputed PDF security researcher Didie... |
13 April 2010
10:45 GMT |
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Adobe plans to launch a new update mechanism for its Reader and Acrobat products next week, capable of automatic deployment of security patches. The technology has been undergoing beta testing since last October.Adobe Reader is the de facto PDF viewer for most of computer users today. However, the program's ubiq... |
9 April 2010
10:05 GMT |
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Adobe has broken the quarterly update cycle for Reader and Acrobat in order to patch a cross-domain vulnerability fixed earlier this month in Flash Player. The security update also addresses a critical memory corruption flaw reported by researchers at Microsoft.Users are advised to update their Adobe Reader and Acrob... |
17 February 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Security researchers have encountered a malicious PDF exploiting an unfixed vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, which makes use of complex techniques in order to avoid detection. The document is believed to be part of a highly targeted attack.The malicious file has been analyzed by Bojan Zdrnja, a security res... |
5 January 2010
11:02 GMT |
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A new critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting all versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat is currently being exploited to infect the computers of unsuspecting users. After reports of ongoing attacks have surfaced, Adobe confirmed the flaw and offered temporary mitigation solutions.This year has been ve... |
16 December 2009
08:20 GMT |
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Adobe has released its second quarterly security update, which addresses 29 vulnerabilities in its Reader and Acrobat products. Exploitation of the majority of these flaws could result in arbitrary code execution and one of them is already being actively targeted in Web attacks since last week.On October 8, Adobe ann... |
14 October 2009
09:32 GMT |
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Attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the latest versions of Adobe's Reader and Acrobat products to compromise computers. The company recommends disabling JavaScript as a temporary solution until a patch is shipped on October 13.The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2009-3459, can be used to remote... |
9 October 2009
04:25 GMT |
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