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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. Use a different PDF viewer instead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's what foxit and kpdf are for.

  2. 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.

  3. Yet Another Misleading Headline by dotancohen · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is NOT "Adobe PDF Exploits In the Wild" but rather "Adobe Acrobat Reader Exploits In the Wild". The problem in is Reader, not in PDF. That's like calling Outlook scripting worms "email viruses". Oh, wait, blame the technology, not the software. Sorry, I forgot.

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  4. 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?

  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!