Security News

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.…

Arch Linux PDF reader package poisoned
2018-07-11 05:04

Trust nobody: abandoned code was adopted by a miscreant Arch Linux has pulled a user-provided AUR (Arch User Repository) package, because it contained malware.…

Malicious PDF Leads to Discovery of Adobe Reader, Windows Zero-Days
2018-05-16 12:32

Researchers at ESET recently came across a malicious PDF file set up to exploit two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Microsoft Windows. read more

How many ways can a PDF mess up your PC? 47 in this Adobe update alone
2018-05-14 18:42

Tons of critical fixes for Reader, Acrobat and Photoshop Adobe has posted security updates for Acrobat, Reader, and Photoshop, many of them critical fixes.…

PDF files can be modified to steal your Windows password
2018-05-01 16:43

The basic structure of PDFs allows an attacker to inject code that steals NTLM hashes, and Adobe doesn't plan to fix it.

PDF Files Can Silently Leak NTLM Credentials
2018-04-30 12:19

NTML credentials can be stolen via malicious Portable Document Format (PDF) files without any user interaction, Check Point security researchers warn. read more

Code Execution Flaws Patched in Foxit PDF Reader
2018-04-24 07:55

Foxit has addressed over a dozen vulnerabilities in their PDF Reader, a free application that provides users with an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader. read more