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Adobe PDF Exploits In the Wild

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the junkbusters-are-better-than-virus-scanners dept.

mambosauce writes "Brian Krebs, via the security fix blog is reporting that the recent PDF vulnerabilities which were patched only for Adobe Reader 8 and not 7 are being exploited via banner ads. As if there haven't been enough banner ad attacks this year now we have another one targeting one of the most popular applications in the world this weekend. At this rate there won't be many safe applications left to use."

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  1. Re:Got one phishing email attachment w/PDF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I got that one, too. Thing is, I don't remember opening an account with Bank Trust. I went to the website and tried logging in with all my various bank logins, and none of them worked. I think someone at Bank Trust really screwed up when they sent that message out. Morons.

  2. lynx by acidrain · · Score: 3, Funny

    At this rate there won't be many safe applications left to use.
    Good old lynx. Surfing the web in text-only since the beginning of internet time.
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  3. If only... by Darundal · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...there were web browsers that allowed you to block certain types of code, or had extensions that would perform a similar function...

  4. Re:"Safe" application? by youthoftoday · · Score: 2, Funny

    If everyone did things in pure functional programming languages there would be no side-effects.

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  5. Re:Benifits of Adobe Reader? Seriously. by chubs730 · · Score: 5, Funny

    True. I usually run at least 6 boxes at a time, just to cover all the major operating systems. I'd never want to be without the software clones I need!

  6. Amusing coincidence. by John+Pfeiffer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny that I should read this headline RIGHT NEXT to an Adobe Acrobat ad being run on /.

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