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Security Threat Report: July 2009 Update - A Look at the Challenges Ahead
White Paper While the number of web-based attacks outweighs the attacks through email, financially motivated cybercriminals are turning their attention to Web 2.0 platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and... [12 Nov 2009]
Security Threat Report: July 2009 update
White Paper While the number of web-based attacks outweighs the attacks through email, financially-motivated cybercriminals are turning their attention to Web 2.0 and social networking platforms such as Facebook and... [30 Sep 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News It's only natural, given the fact that some of our products like Reader and Flash Player are some of the most widely distributed on earth, that they would be targeted by attacks," Brad Arkin, director for product... [07 Aug 2009]
Adobe patches critical Flash hole
News In an earlier advisory about the problem, Adobe said: "There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild via limited, targeted attacks against Adobe... [31 Jul 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News Internet Explorer users running Flash Player and Shockwave Player are vulnerable, Adobe said in a blog post. Microsoft also has had discussions with Adobe, Sun and Google about some components involving... [29 Jul 2009]
Flash hole fix coming next week, says Adobe
News Adobe said Thursday that it will issue fixes next week for a critical hole in Flash that is being exploited in attacks against Adobe Reader version 9 on Windows. The vulnerability exists... [24 Jul 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News Adobe Reader is vulnerable because its Flash interpreter is vulnerable, said Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a web security services provider. In a post on its website, Adobe said it "is... [23 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday unleashes record number of updates
News Adobe also issued security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x for Windows and Macintosh on Tuesday in its first quarterly security update for its popular software for... [10 Jun 2009]
Establishing Trust With Online Processes: Securing Documents With Adobe Certified Document Services
White Paper In this paper Adobe's Certified Document Services (CDS) provides a method to authenticate and verify the legitimacy of PDFs via digital signature technology that offers proven non-repudiation and is widely accessible. [16 May 2009]
Virus attacks rise: It's because you're too clever
News Adobe last month released a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 for which exploits had been reportedly found in the wild for nearly two months. The most... [08 Apr 2009]
Facebook Koobface worm strikes again
News A new mass-mailing virus targeting Facebook users directs victims to a site asking to download a Trojan masked as an Adobe Flash update. For instance, IE will tell you where the update is coming from, and usually it's... [05 Dec 2008]
SWF and the Malware Tragedy: Detecting Malicious Adobe Flash Files
White Paper Security of Adobe Flash based Rich Internet Applications (RIA) has become a subject for many concerns over the last year. The recent attacks supplying malicious banner ads through high profile web sites... [22 Oct 2008]
Portable Document Format (PDF) Security Analysis and Malware Threats
White Paper Adobe Portable Document Format has become the most widespread and used document description format throughout the world. Until now, no real, exploratory security analysis of the PDF and of its programming power with... [22 Oct 2008]
Old browsers at risk from attack
News The study did not include use of insecure browser add-ons, such as older versions of Adobe Reader, because the data from Google contained only the browser information. A group of researchers have said 637 million web... [03 Jul 2008]
'Huge' Apple update plugs 40 Leopard security holes
News Included in the update is a patch for multiple vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player plug-in. The update, released this week, plugs flaws that render OS X Leopard users vulnerable to systems compromises including... [30 May 2008]
