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PDF viewers, online validation services vulnerable to digital signature spoofing attacks
2019-02-26 14:46

Academics from Ruhr University Bochum have proven that the majority of popular PDF viewer apps and online digital signature validation services can be tricked into validating invalid signatures or...

WTF PDF: If at first you don't succeed, you may be Adobe re-patching its Acrobat, Reader patches
2019-02-21 21:51

Plus: How Microsoft Edge helps Facebook Flash files dodge click-to-play rules in Edge Adobe is taking a second crack at patching security bugs in its Acrobat and Reader PDF apps.…

World's favourite open-source PDF interpreter needs patching (again)
2019-01-24 13:32

Still afraid of no ghost? You didn't read the script Google Project Zero bug-hunter Tavis Ormandy took a "random look at the new release" of Ghostscript, and turned up a vulnerability that works...

Attackers Use Steganography to Obfuscate PDF Exploits
2019-01-24 11:40

A recently discovered PDF exploit used steganography to hide malicious JavaScript code in images embedded in PDF files, according to exploit analysis firm EdgeSpot. read more

Hope you're over that New Year's hangover – there's an Adobe PDF app patch to install
2019-01-03 20:20

Pair of critical flaws cleaned up in Acrobat, Reader Adobe has issued its first patch of the year, emitting fixes for a pair of high-risk vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader.…

Phishing gets more complex as decoy PDF pops up with Microsoft-issued SSL certificate
2018-10-03 16:01

A PDF decoy was found to be linked to an Office 365 phishing page hosted in Azure blob storage, according to Netskope Threat Protection.

Foxit PDF Reader Fixes High-Severity Remote Code Execution Flaws
2018-10-02 21:19

Foxit Software has patched over 100 vulnerabilities in its popular Foxit PDF Reader. Many of the bugs tackled by the company include a wide array of high severity remote code execution...

Cisco Talos discloses serious vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Reader
2018-10-02 14:01

Cisco Talos researcher Aleksandar Nikolic has unearthed one of the critical vulnerabilities fixed in the latest Adobe Acrobat and Reader security updates. He is also the one that recently...

Haven't updated your Adobe PDF software lately? Here's 85 new reasons to do it now
2018-10-02 06:03

Acrobat, Reader get patched up against dozens of new holes Adobe has posted an update to address 85 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader for both Windows and macOS.…

Font of pwnage: Crims poison well with crypto-jacking code, trickles into PDF editor app
2018-07-27 16:20

Hackers clone supplier's cloud servers to push tainted MSI files Crooks mounted a crypto-mining scam after hacking into a supplier of an unnamed PDF editor software vendor.…