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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.…

Asruex Malware Exploits Old vulnerabilities to Infect PDF, Word Docs
2019-08-23 17:23

A recently observed variant of the Asruex backdoor acts as an infector by targeting old vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x, Trend Micro reports.  read more

PDF: The vehicle of choice for malware and fraud
2019-04-23 05:30

There has been a substantial increase of fraudulent PDF files, according to a report by SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers. This fraud campaign takes advantage of recipients’ trust in PDF...

Old-school cruel: Dodgy PDF email attachments enjoying a renaissance
2019-04-19 07:06

Let's go back... way back The last few months have seen a big increase in malware attacks using PDF email attachments, according to security firm SonicWall.…

Flaw in popular PDF creation library enabled remote code execution
2019-03-21 12:02

A researcher has discovered a high-severity bug in a popular PHP library used for creating PDFs.

Digital Signatures in PDFs Are Broken
2019-03-06 12:17

Researchers have demonstrated spoofing of digital signatures in PDF files. This would matter more if PDF digital signatures were widely used. Still, the researchers have worked with the various...