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Vulnerabilities in software often arise from faulty implementations of elements developed by other code writers. Take for example CVE-2016-1681, the heap-based buffer overflow …

Freelance security researcher Claes Spett has made available a tool he dubbed “PDF Exploit Generator,” which allows penetration testers – but also malicious …

Even though the data gathered by Microsoft points to the fact that cybercriminals now prefer deceptive tactics to exploits, it does not mean that the latter approach has been …

Adobe has pushed out the announced update for Acrobat and Reader that patches the two vulnerabilities that were recently exploited in attacks in the wild. But, the popularity …

Adobe has confirmed FireEye researchers’ findings about new Adobe Reader and Acrobat zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and has issued a security …

Researchers form security firm FireEye have found in the wild a PDF file that exploits a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader. “Upon successful exploitation, it …

As the 2012 Olympic Games are speedily approaching, users should be aware of the fact that unsolicited Olympic-themed emails are rarely good news. The latest one of that kind …

The customers of Stratfor, a US-based research group that provides geopolitical analysis to government organizations and major corporations, are being targeted once again with …

Adobe has issued a security advisory notifying users about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which has been spotted being …

Adobe has issued new versions of Reader and Acrobat, patching 14 vulnerabilities. Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier versions …

The last few months have seen a lot of cyber attacks aimed at U.S. military contractors and they are still ongoing. F-Secure researchers have recently spotted an email …

Several vulnerabilities in PDF-Pro can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. 1. The application loads libraries (e.g. …