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Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patch

Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patchTwo words:Foxit. Reader.Like MacOS, you have the added "security" layer of being a minority target. Until Foxit reaches Acrobat's market share, no one will bother much writing exploits, or even looking for holes. (Yes, also like MacOS, you may not get targeted, but...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Foxit, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat patch, critical PDF Reader, PDF Reader, patch, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

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(Gallery: E-book e-reader list is growing)

Re: Gallery: E-book e-reader list is growingI've been using eBook eReaders for several years now, I started with the eBookwise 1150, then migrated to the Sony PRS505, finally changing to the Sony PRS700. I've come to realize that each of these eReaders, while being a great way to read, are...

Tags: E-books, Nintendo DS, e-book, E-book e-reader, e-reader, Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday

Adobe has confirmed a critical, unpatched vulnerability in its PDF Reader/Acrobat software is being exploited by malicious attackers. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Adobe PDF, Flaw, Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-09

MIDs and netbooks - half the size, half the experience - Solomon type design

Personally - not really interested in smaller than a netbook."With AJAX, and HTML 5 coming, the Internet experience will require ever more power."Somehow I doubt that that will really take more power than video.But if it doesn't do video - yeah, it's underpowered.Frankly, though, I really don't want to go...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Solomon Corp., netbook, video, HTML 5

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

10 reasons why e-readers make sense in the enterprise

TechRepublic guest post: In case you haven’t heard, e-readers are making an impact. They’ve been around for some time, but only now (thanks, in part, to Amazon’s Kindle) are they being taken seriously. The e-readers’ biggest fan is the avid reader, but this doesn’t have to (and most likely won’t)...

Tags: E-reader, Employee, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Adobe 'zero-day' flaw is eight months old

The current zero-day attacks against Adobe Flash Player are not quite zero-day after all.   According to new information, Adobe's security response team knew about the vulnerability since December 31, 2008 see image below but it was misdiagnosed as a "data loss corruption" issue. When word of the...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Flaw, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-24

News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights,...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Plastic Logic, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, Matthew Miller, Earnings, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Team Management, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...

Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Adobe Shockwave flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Adobe patches 13 critical Reader, Acrobat vulnerabilities

Adobe patches 13 critical Reader, Acrobat vulnerabilitiesAnd this is why I don't use AdobeNow all we need is to get a rival PDF Reader with better functionality without using the proprietary aspects and making that PDF Reader part of the browser itself. I've been looking for some other way to...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., PDF Reader, Adobe Acrobat

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

E-reader devices: The fun is just startingKindle 3.0 and BeyondGood post, Larry.I agree that we're closer to the beginning of Kindle than the end. I finally looked at one recently and was amazed at how easy it was to navigate. Features such as the dictionary were really intuitive. Still, I...

Tags: E-books, PDF Support, e-Reader, E-reader device, e-book, iRex

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

Adobe plugs PDF Reader zero-day holes

Adobe joined the Patch Tuesday barrage late yesterday, dropping fixes for a pair of code execution holes affecting its Adobe Reader and Acrobat products. [ SEE: Exploit posted for brand-new Adobe PDF zero-day ] ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Vulnerability, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Businesses struggling with Adobe PDF security advice

Adobe has set a May 12 date for the delivery of patches to cover a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 software products. An official security advisory from Adobe confirms the severity of the vulnerability and reiterates the advice for users...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Vulnerability, JavaScript, Scripting Languages, Security, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 8 bulletins, 5 critical

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 8 bulletins, 5 criticalPatch TuesdayGood ol' patch Tuesday. We definitely need a Google Operating system. http://googlescloud.blogspot.comTo the blind with screen readers, this image contains a table.This table has 9 rows and 2 columns.Heading Row 1Heading Column 1: Bulletin IDHeading Column 2: Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability ImpactRow...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Patch Tuesday, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Foxit PDF Reader being exploited in the wild

Adobe isn't the only PDF software maker facing in-the-wild malware attacks. Just weeks after the availability of patches for critical security flaws in the popular FoxIt Reader, there is word that malicious hackers are already targeting unpatched versions of the software. ...

Tags: Software, Malware, Exploit, Foxit, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Adobe PDF patch released, but only for some

After weeks of swinging and missing on proper response to a gaping security hole in its ever-present PDF Reader software, Adobe has finally shipped a patch but only for some affected users. On the same day Microsoft issued its scheduled batch of patches, Adobe dropped a security...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Unofficial 'patch' for Adobe Reader, Acrobat zero-day

In response to in-the-wild zero-day attacks targeting critical flaws in Adobe's Reader/Acrobat products, a respected security researcher is offering up a home-brewed unofficial patch for Windows users. The buyer-beware patch -- which is simply a replacement for the vulnerable AcroRd32.dll -- is the handiwork of Lurene 'Pusscat'...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 zero day exploited in the wild

Yesterday, Adobe confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.0 and earlier, originally detected by the Shadowserver Foundation last week. The onging targeted attacks have since been confirmed by both, Symantec and McAfee urging users to disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Attack, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Critical vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, Reader: Patch coming March 11

Critical vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, Reader: Patch coming March 11not a good advice...Your suggestion doesn't solve the problem, you are still vulnerable. These are some better suggestions:- Use another pdf reader like Sumatra on Windows, and Okular/etc on Linux- Ask people to send you files on some other format- Run...

Tags: Foxit Reader, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, critical vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

Adobe AIR hits 'critical' security turbulence

Adobe AIR hits 'critical' security turbulenceAnd thanks to AIR being bunding anticompetitively with Reader...And thanks to AIR being bunding anticompetitively with Reader, millions of people have or will have AIR installed even though they don't need it nor want it (Reader doesn't need it). Yet it's there full of...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., security, Adobe AIR

Discussion threads 2008-11-17