Adobe is set to release a patch today for an older version of the Reader PDF viewer to stymie attacks like those aimed at major defence contractors earlier this month. Nine days ago, the company confirmed a critical bug in Reader and promised to fix the flaw in Reader and…
Adobe patches two vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat
Adobe releases out-of-band patch for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x in order to address actively exploited vulnerabilities Adobe Systems has released Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.4.7 in order to patch two vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in attacks against companies from the defense industry. One of the security flaws,…
(1) HIGH: Adobe Reader Unspecified Vulnerability
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Adobe InDesign, Reader & X Suite Advanced Malware Attacks
Fake emails used in December 6 and December 7 attacks attempt to trick Adobe users into opening malware-laden attachments. According to two separate Sophos reports, attackers sent one email to Adobe InDesign users, and another email to Adobe Reader and X Suite users. Both emails contain attachments claiming to be…
Symantec confirms Adobe Reader exploits targeted defence companies
Security researchers at Symantec today confirmed that exploits of an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability targeted defense contractors, among other businesses. “We’ve seen [this targeting] people at telecommunications, manufacturing, computer hardware and chemical companies, as well as those in the defense sector,” said Joshua Talbot, senior security manager in Symantec’s security…
Beware Adobe Software Upgrade Notification – malware attached!
Cybercriminals have widely spammed out a malware attack posing as upgrades for Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe X Suite Advanced. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Adobe SSL Certificate Problem (fixed), (Wed, Oct 5th)
Tuesday morning, we received a number of reports from readers indicating that the SSL certificate used for “settings.adobe.com” was out of date. Initially, we had a hard time reproducing the finding. But some of our handlers in Europe were able to see the expired certificate. The expired certificate was valid…
11.40.6 Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
CVEs: CVE: CVE-2011-2426,CVE-2011-2427,CVE-2011-2428,CVE-2011-2429,CVE-2011-2430,CVE-2011-2444 Platform: Cross Platform View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
(1) HIGH: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris versions prior to 10.3.183.7 Adobe Flash Player for Android prior to 10.3.186.6 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
(1) HIGH: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris versions prior to 10.3.183.7 Adobe Flash Player for Android prior to 10.3.186.6 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
