http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/ Powerful PDF Solutions en Serendipity 1.4.1 - http://www.s9y.org/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:41:26 GMT http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/templates/investintech_theme/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/ 100 21 http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/158-Adobe-Fixes-29-Bugs-In-Adobe-Reader-and-Adobe-Acrobat.html PDF Security http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/158-Adobe-Fixes-29-Bugs-In-Adobe-Reader-and-Adobe-Acrobat.html#comments http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=158 0 http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=158 nospam@example.com (Reena) <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" class="serendipity_image_left" src="http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/uploads/AdobePDFlogo.jpg" width="97" height="98" />Big news this week as Adobe issued a security update on Tuesday that patched up 29 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.&#160;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160;</span></font></span></p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>According to a <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139322/Adobe_mimics_Microsoft_issues_mega_patch_update?taxonomyId=17&amp;pageNumber=1 ">Computerworld.com article</a>, most of these bugs, which affected the latest versions of both applications, were used to take remote control of personal computers. Affected versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat include 9.1.3 and earlier across the Windows, Mac OS and Linux platforms. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000">Now for the most part, Adobe had only one sure fire way to staunch previously exploited PDF vulnerabilities: disable JavaScript.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>Well after the fourth exploit this year, Adobe is doing something about it. The PDF innovators are tightening up their applications with a few defensive tweaks. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p> <br /><a href="http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/158-Adobe-Fixes-29-Bugs-In-Adobe-Reader-and-Adobe-Acrobat.html#extended">Continue reading "Adobe Fixes 29 Bugs In Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat"</a> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:14:37 -0500 http://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/158-guid.html