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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:Blocking Banner Ads by calebt3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have also unblocked ads for /., but it's kinda pointless because I won't allow doubleclick through NoScript. Why do we need animated ads?