Blog Posts Tagged with "Adobe"
Adobe Releases Critical Updates Reader and Acrobat
April 12, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Adobe has released critical updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader X (10.1.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier versions for Linux, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh...
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Adobe Releases Critical Security Update for Flash Player
March 28, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Adobe has released an update for Flash Player to mitigate multiple vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to remotely take control or cause a denial-of-service. Adobe has also announced that Flash Player 11.2 for Windows is now equipped with automatic update...
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Some Thoughts on Sandboxes
March 23, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Developer should be writing good code, period. But when the pace of developing outpaces the ability to do complete software security analysis we see security organizations turning to sandboxing as a method of limiting the damage an exploited piece of code can do...
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Fake YouTube Site Targets Activists with Malware
March 18, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
The fake YouTube page attacks users in two ways: it requires you to enter your YouTube login credentials in order to leave comments, and it installs malware disguised as an Adobe Flash Player update. To see if you have been infected, look for the following files...
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Adobe Releases Critical Updates for Flash Player Vulnerability
March 06, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Adobe has released critical updates for Android, Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems to mitigate vulnerabilities in the company's Flash Player software that may have allowed attackers to inflict a denial of service or take control of a targeted system...
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MSUpdater Trojan Smuggles Data as Windows Update Traffic
February 01, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"We don't have information about the people behind those attacks, however as all of them are targeting government-related organizations, it is highly reasonable to suspect that the attackers are high profile, maybe even a country..."
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Symantec: Chinese Connection to Attacks on Defense Contractors
January 27, 2012 Added by:Headlines
The data Symantec published reinforces evidence from an earlier investigation conducted by AlienVault, which described an orchestrated sprear-phishing campaign most likely targeting information on US drone technology which utilized malware-infected PDF documents to deliver the Sykipot payload...
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Adobe Releases Updates for Critical Vulnerabilities
January 12, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Adobe has released updates to mitigate critical vulnerabilities in the company's Adobe Reader and Acrobat products. The vulnerabilities addressed leave systems open to remote access and control, system crashes, and denial of service exploits...
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Chinese Cyber Espionage Targeting Drone Technology
January 04, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"This campaign could target organizations related to technology used in... aerospace and military industries... With the information we collected it appears that this campaign has been running for months. Someone has said that cyberwar does not exist?. Draw your own conclusions..."
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Lockheed Warns Adobe of New Exploit in the Wild
December 07, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"This U3D memory corruption vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild in limited, targeted attacks against Adobe Reader 9.x on Windows..."
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The Importance of Software Updating
November 22, 2011 Added by:Emmett Jorgensen
There is software that can scan your network and check for these un-patched systems. The software can report back exactly which software updates are missing, and then use another tool to actually exploit those vulnerabilities. An attacker could take complete control of your computer...
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Mikko Hypponen Warns of Adobe Reader Threats
November 11, 2011 Added by:Headlines
F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen urged organizations to reconsider the continued use of Adobe Reader given the tendency for attackers to exploit the application's frequent vulnerabilities. "These attacks are not against PDF - these attacks are against Adobe Reader," said Hypponen...
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Adobe Issues Patch for Flash Zero Day Vulnerability
September 22, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"One of these vulnerabilities is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks... This universal cross-site scripting issue could be used to take actions on a user's behalf on any website or webmail provider if the user visits a malicious website..."
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Adobe Releases Critical Patches for Multiple Products
August 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Adobe has released patches for multiple products, including Flash, Shockwave, Photoshop and RoboHelp. This is the first security update released in nearly a month, and four of the five updates are labeled as being of "Critical Severity". Summaries and links to the patches are as follows...
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F-Secure: Malicious PDFs Targeting Defense Contractors
July 20, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"It's a PDF file... sent to an employee of a targeted company as an email attachment. It exploits a known Javascript vulnerability and drops a... backdoor. A decoy PDF file is shown... [as] a call for papers for 2012 AIAA Strategic and Tactical Missile Systems Conference... classified as SECRET..."
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Adobe Issues Updates for Flash Zero Day Vulnerability
April 18, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Adobe has issued an update to counter the latest Flash player zero-day flaw which is similar to a vulnerability patched last month that was suspected of playing a critical role in the network breach of security vendor RSA, a division of EMC...
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