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- Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patch
- Adobe has shipped a critical update to patch a code execution vulnerability affecting multiple versions of its Reader and Acrobat products. According to Adobe's advisory, the flaw "could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system." If you have Adobe...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Patches, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download it
- Microsoft on Tuesday released its Security Intelligence Report and found that the number of vulnerability disclosures fell 15 percent in the second half of 2007. Malware detections increased 66.7 percent. Specifically, Microsoft found 129.5 million pieces of unwanted software on user systems between July 1 and Dec....
- Tags: Security, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- NextPDF Professional (exe)
- PDF converter for English, Chinese, and Asian languages. NextPDF V3 has screen, printer, e-book, and pre-press resolutions and outputs as PDF in Letter and A5 to A0 sizes. Various security features: password protection, user-define graphic watermark, low-quality print, view only, copy prohibit, or file Protection with 40-bits and 128-bits encryption....
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Well Develop, NextPDF V3, E-books, Security, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-03-13
- Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows users
- Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows usersagain, Linux is safe folks!only windoze can have so many security holes in a single day.Haven't heart of security issues on Linux for a long time!Why not 89%?Given independant probabilites of 61%, 47%, 34%,...
- Tags: Operating systems, PDF patch, Java QuickTime, daemon, Microsoft Windows, Secunia, Skype Technologies S.A., security, ugly 24-hour, non-Admin, software, Linux, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Print2PDF Server Edition (exe)
- Shareable print driver that provides network users with the ability to assemble Adobe PDF documents from multiple sources, apply digital signatures, RC4 encryption, and more. Centralize PDF creation with Windows Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server using Print2PDF printer. Supports ISO 19005-1 PDF/A, web linearization and 64-bit (x64) Windows....
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Digital Signatures, Terminal Services, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-12-06
- News to know: Vista SP1; Google; PDF ads
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft hones its internal sales pitch for Vista Service Pack 1. Vista SP1 Release Candidate expected next week. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Even Microsoft has trouble understanding what 'Vista Capable' means. Performance profiles for Vista ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Bytescout.PDF (zip)
- Bytescout.PDF is a .NET library capable to write,modify,sign,fill,linearize (fast-Web-view) optimize PDF documents from .NET programming languages Visual Basic.NET, C#, ASP.NET. Provides support for security (40, 128, 128 AES bits), document permissions. Capable of removing protection, appending pages to the existing documents, changing security settings, drawing on existing PDF documents and...
- Tags: Security, Adobe PDF, Bytescout.PDF, .Net, C#, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-11-21
- MessageLabs Intelligence: October 2007--"MP3 Stock Spam Is Up...More Spammers Sent Down"
- Top line results of this report include: Spam - 74.5% in October (an increase of 1% since September) Viruses - One in 161.5 emails in October contained malware (a decrease of 1.4% since September) Phishing - One in 174.0 emails comprised a phishing attack (a...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Spammer, MessageLabs Ltd., MP3, Cyberthreats, Spam, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Microsoft confirms PDF attacks, urges caution
- In the wake of this week's malware attacks using rigged PDF files, Microsoft has updated its security advisory to stress that the underlying flaw -- in the Windows operating system -- is still not fixed. The advisory, first issued on October 10, points to an unpatched...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- News to know: PDF attacks; Amazon; Green Grid; NetSuite
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Attack of the PDFs. Zero-day flaw in Macrovision DRM app under attack. Robin Harris: Google's 650,000-core warehouse-size computer. Images: Tracking California's wildfires right. Qualcomm shuts headquarters amid Calif. fires. Heather Clancy: Green Grid tech...
- Tags: Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Adobe PDF, Start-up, NetSuite Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Grid, Verizon Wireless, Blu-ray, Department Of Energy, Attack, Smart Phones, Data Centers, Entrepreneurship, Cellular Phones, Security, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Attack of the PDFs
- Less than 24 hours after Adobe shipped a fix for a gaping hole affecting its Reader and Acrobat software, PDF files rigged with malware are beginning to land in e-mail spam filters. The discovery of the active attacks have underlined the need for Windows users to immediately...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Attack, DeepSight Team, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Adobe shuts backdoor in PDF Reader, some old versions still vulnerable
- As promised earlier this month, Adobe has shipped a fix for the URI protocol handling vulnerability that left a backdoor open on Windows XP machines with Internet Explorer 7 installed. The patch, rated "critical," addresses multiple flaws in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that could allow an attacker...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaround
- Adobe has fessed up to a dangerous code execution vulnerability affecting software programs installed on millions of Windows machines. The flaw, publicly disclosed more than three weeks ago, could allow hackers to use rigged PDF files to take control of Window XP computers with Internet Explorer 7...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Workaround, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Bug, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-07
- Locklizard Safeguard PDF Writer (exe)
- PDF document security software with US Government strength encryption and DRM digital rights management controls. Control who can view your PDF documents and how they are used. Prevent copying, sharing, modifying, and screen grabbing. Control the number of views and prints or disallow printing altogether. Control when documents expire (if...
- Tags: Password, Adobe PDF, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security
- Software downloads 2007-09-28
- 'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader
- Adobe's ever-present Acrobat/PDF Reader software is prone to a nasty code execution vulnerability that could expose Windows users to PC takeover attacks. Details of the flaw, which affects Windows XP SP2 with IE7 and Adobe Reader 8.1, 8.0 and 7 are being kept under wraps until Adobe...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- PDF Spam: Spam Evolves, PDF becomes the Latest Threat
- PDF spam, which accounts for 20% of all spam, is a relatively new phenomenon. Yet, it undergoes the same constant evolution as all other online threats. In this whitepaper, see the various ways that PDFs are manipulated to avoid detection, such as randomizing images, changing document sizes and files lengths,...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, MessageLabs Ltd., Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2007-08-20
- PDFencrypt (exe)
- PDFencrypt features the ability to change security settings on PDF files as well as change the info tags (i.e. document title, document author, subject, keywords, and creator). User of the product can decrypt some PDF files without the master password, only the user password password to view is required. PDF...
- Tags: Password, Adobe PDF, CTdeveloping, Encryption, PDFencrypt, Security
- Software downloads 2007-07-10
- pdfMachine (exe)
- Convert your document to PDF the quick and easy way. Simply print to the pdfMachine printer. Supports Sticky notes, Multilingual fonts, Stationery, Watermarks, 40/128 bit encryption, PDF Editing, Active URLs, Bookmarks, Attachments, Document properties, Email Integration, N-Up printing, Document scanning, Custom toolbar, Embedded commands, Multiple print profiles, Toolbars for Office...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Toolbar, Document Management, Digital Signatures, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Security, Office Suites
- Software downloads 2007-04-12
- SecuritySetter (zip)
- Acrobat has various in-built security features controlling access to PDF documents. Within Acrobat these features have to be set on a file-by-file basis (by selecting the File > Save As menu item). Mapsoft SecuritySetter allows you to set these security features. Using the SecuritySetter tool you can set two types...
- Tags: Security, Password, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Tryout
- Software downloads 2006-07-08
- PDF Exec Professional (exe)
- pdfExec Professional converts files and documents to PDF from within Microsoft Office and Outlook. pdfExec does not require Adobe and is fully integrated with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Visio, Project and Outlook. pdfExec also supports Crystal Reports, WordPerfect, Quattro Pro and other formats. pdfExec is feature rich and...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, pdfExec Professional, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Digital Signatures, Word Processors, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Security, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2006-05-19
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