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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...

Data-tracking Chrome flaw triggered by viewing PDFs
2019-03-01 12:33

Researchers have spotted an unusual ‘trackware’ attack triggered by a viewing a PDF inside the Chrome browser.

Chrome Zero-Day Exploited to Harvest User Data via PDF Files
2019-02-27 15:37

Exploit detection service EdgeSpot says it has spotted several PDF documents that exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome to collect information on users who open the files through Google’s web...

Researchers break e-signatures in 22 common PDF viewers
2019-02-27 12:01

Researchers have discovered a flaw in some PDF document viewers that allows new content to be added to documents without breaking the electronic signatures.

New Attacks Show Signed PDF Documents Cannot Be Trusted
2019-02-26 18:48

Many popular PDF viewers and online validation services contain vulnerabilities that can be exploited to make unauthorized changes to signed PDF documents without invalidating their signature,...