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Foxit PDF Reader Vulnerable to 8 High-Severity Flaws
2019-10-03 16:23

Eight high-severity vulnerabilities exist in the Foxit Reader tool for editing PDF files.

PDF encryption standard weaknesses uncovered
2019-10-03 12:12

Researchers have discovered weaknesses in PDF encryption which could be exploited to reveal the plaintext contents of a file to an attacker.

PDFex attacks can exfiltrate content from encrypted PDF documents
2019-10-02 13:28

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and Münster University of Applied Sciences have devised new attacks allowing them (and potential attackers) to recover the plaintext content of encrypted...

Hack Breaks PDF Encryption, Opens Content to Attackers
2019-10-02 10:21

PDFex can bypass encryption and password protection in most PDF readers and online validation services

Researchers Find New Hack to Read Content Of Password Protected PDF Files
2019-10-01 17:49

Looking for ways to unlock and read the content of an encrypted PDF without knowing the password? Well, that's now possible, sort of—thanks to a novel set of attacking techniques that could allow...

Lumin PDF Leak Exposed Data on 24 Million Users
2019-09-18 13:03

Data on Users of PDF Editing Tool Found in Accessible DatabaseIgnoring a breach disclosure can have ugly consequences. Case in point: Lumin PDF, a PDF editing tool, which saw data for much of its...

Code Execution Vulnerabilities Found in Aspose PDF Processing Product
2019-09-18 11:44

Several critical remote code execution vulnerabilities have been found by Cisco Talos researchers in a PDF file processing product from Aspose. read more

Foxit PDF Software Company Suffers Data Breach—Asks Users to Reset Password
2019-08-30 18:18

If you have an online account with Foxit Software, you need to reset your account password immediately—as an unknown attacker has compromised your personal data and log-in credentials. Foxit...

For Foxit's sake: PDF editor biz breached, users' passwords among stolen data
2019-08-30 17:00

And they're imposing a 20-character limit on new ones Users of software house Foxit's free and paid-for products, including its popular PhantomPDF editor, may have fallen victim to a data breach –...

Android PDF app with just 100m downloads caught sneaking malware into mobes
2019-08-28 05:20

Scram CamScanner, says Kaspersky An Android PDF maker with more than 100 million downloads from the official Play Store has been caught silently installing malware on victims' phones.…