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Attackers Infect Ads With Old Adobe Vulnerability

Posted by kdawson on from the old-bugs-are-the-best dept.

thethibs writes "eWeek is reporting that just as everyone is buzzing about the latest Adobe vulnerability, someone poisoned ads hosted by Ziff-Davis with an older Adobe exploit (affecting versions 8.12 and earlier, and long since patched). Z-D fixed the problem less than 24 hours after its first appearance. The interesting bit of this is that a bunch of people probably got hit with the old Trojan when they browsed to a story about the new one."

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  1. Work computers by Sporkinum · · Score: 2, Funny

    Our computers at work will probably get trashed from this. They only use Adobe reader, some old unpatched version, and only IE without any adblocking. Microsoft shop don't you know.

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    "He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
  2. The company is vulnerable? by ThrowAwaySociety · · Score: 2, Funny

    I see no mention in the summary of a specific product. Since I'm not going to RTFA, should I just assume that, since I don't own Adobe stock, I'm not affected?

  3. Re:Documents are not applications by artor3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... rather than improperly blaming Microsoft

    Woah, woah, woah.... just where do you think you are?