Security News

Experts Warn of Novel PDF-Based Phishing Scam (Threatpost)
2017-01-05 22:05

Security experts are warning of an active phishing campaign that utilizes PDF attachments in a novel ploy to harvest email credentials from victims.

Windows PDF Library Flaw Puts Edge Users at Risk for RCE (Threatpost)
2016-08-09 18:59

Microsoft today released nine security bulletins as part of its August 2016 Patch Tuesday updates.

Foxit Patches 12 Vulnerabilities in PDF Reader (Threatpost)
2016-06-30 17:52

Foxit patched a dozen vulnerabilities in its PDF reader software this week, more than half of which could be used to directly execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the product.

Bug in Chrome’s PDF reader allows arbitrary code execution (Help Net Security)
2016-06-09 17:59

Vulnerabilities in software often arise from faulty implementations of elements developed by other code writers. Take for example CVE-2016-1681, the heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability...

Google Patches High Severity Browser PDF Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2016-06-09 17:46

Google patched a Chrome vulnerability that allowed remote code execution on targeted computers simply by viewing a specially crafted PDF.