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Homemade PDF Patch Beats Adobe By Two Weeks
CWmike writes "Sourcefire security researcher Lurene Grenier has published a home-brewed patch for the critical Adobe Reader vulnerability that hackers are exploiting in the wild using malicious PDF files, beating Adobe Systems Inc. to the punch by more than two weeks. Grenier posted the patch on Sunday with the caveats that it applies only to the Windows version of Adobe Reader 9.0 and comes with no guarantees. Also, PhishLabs has created a batch file that resets a Windows registry key to de-fang the hack by disabling JavaScript in Adobe Reader 9.0, giving administrators a way to automate the process."
You mean an individual who doesn't have a business to protect or any customers is able to come up with an un-QA'd version faster than the company that produced the product. Amazing!
I'll go for the secret third option, "because she's a feminist". Letting the world know what they find offensive is practically the feminists' national sport. Rather, it would be if they had their own country. And by God, I wish they did.
Lurene Grenier has published a home-brewed patch for the critical Adobe Reader vulnerability ... beating Adobe Systems Inc. to the punch by more than two weeks.
What the fuck Adobe? What did you do for those extra two weeks?
it applies only to the Windows version of Adobe Reader 9.0 and comes with no guarantees.
Oh ... I guess you were trying to make it work on all systems, and checking to make sure that it didn't royally fuck up the user's computer, or introduce another, potentially more serious vulnerability.
Yeah, you're right. It's terrible when people use an apostrophe when they mean "your".
Q: How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: That is NOT funny.
Q: How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Four. One to change the lightbulb, three to form a support group.
But really, it's a trick question because feminists can't change anything.