Blog - PDF Security

Adobe Reader Most Exploited Application of 2009. . . and 2010?

nospam@example.com (Reena) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:37:40 -0600

2009 hasn’t been a good year for anyone—especially for Adobe.

Reader and Acrobat users can attest to this. Adobe struggled with a number of security risks in 2009, and just barely closed out the year with an update which included new security improvements and fixes for 29 vulnerabilities, and another patch which was released just after the New Year.

F-Secure, a global company specializing in online software services for securing digital content, has crunched the numbers and has announced the results: Adobe Reader is the most exploited application of 2009, ousting Microsoft Word from the top spot.

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Adobe Patch Finally Available!

nospam@example.com (Reena) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:16:07 -0600

Security issues are at the center of tech news this week.

First, great news for Adobe Reader and Acrobat users everywhere: security patches for the vulnerabilities that surfaced near the end of 2009 is now available.

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Adobe Security Patch Won’t Be Ready Until 2010

nospam@example.com (Reena) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:16:34 -0600

Unfortunately, it looks like there’s bad news for PDF users over the holidays.

After patching 7 vulnerabilities for its Flash Player on December 8^th, Adobe still has 2 more exploitable vulnerabilities affecting its software line.

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Adobe Fixes 29 Bugs In Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat

nospam@example.com (Reena) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:14:37 -0500

Big news this week as Adobe issued a security update on Tuesday that patched up 29 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.

According to a Computerworld.com article, 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.

Now for the most part, Adobe had only one sure fire way to staunch previously exploited PDF vulnerabilities: disable JavaScript. 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.

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