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Google has started using its next generation plug-in API to embed support for Adobe Acrobat PDFs more deeply into the Chrome browser. The company believes this will benefit security, performance and reliability.
By John E. Dunn | 21 June, 2010 07:45
Adobe on Thursday will announce the patches it plans to deliver next week for its PDF software, a part of its quarterly security update process.
By Gregg Keizer | 08 April, 2010 05:39
Adobe Systems is considering modifying its PDF applications to counter a way to run arbitrary code on Windows computers by embedding it in a malicious PDF file.
By Jeremy Kirk | 07 April, 2010 21:02
A security researcher has found a way to run arbitrary code on Windows computers by embedding it in a malicious PDF file.
By Jeremy Kirk | 06 April, 2010 06:20
Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, a Finnish security company said today.
By Gregg Keizer | 11 March, 2010 08:25
Adobe today released an emergency update that patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in its popular PDF viewing and editing software.
By Gregg Keizer | 17 February, 2010 08:31
Just hours before Adobe is slated to deliver the latest patches for its popular PDF viewer, a security firm announced that by its counting, malicious Reader documents made up 80% of all exploits at the end of 2009.
By Gregg Keizer | 17 February, 2010 07:06
Hackers exploited an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser to break into some of the firms targeted in a widespread attack that compromised Google's and Adobe's corporate networks last year and earlier this month, McAfee said today.
By Computerworld Staff | 15 January, 2010 08:23
Adobe today confirmed that the cyberattack that hit its corporate network earlier this month was connected to the large-scale attacks Google cited yesterday as one reason it might abandon China.
By Gregg Keizer | 14 January, 2010 06:52
Adobe confirmed late on Monday that hackers are exploiting a vulnerability in the most up-to-date version of its PDF viewing and editing applications.
By Gregg Keizer | 15 December, 2009 13:45
Artifex Software is suing Palm over the PDF (Portable Document Format) viewer in Palm's Pre smartphone, it said on Thursday.
By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 December, 2009 07:53
Mac users may be surprised that versions of Apple's latest operating system, Snow Leopard, also installs an older version of Adobe System's Flash player, potentially putting them at a higher security risk.
By Jeremy Kirk | 04 September, 2009 04:28
Adobe delivers an out-of-date version of Reader to users who download the popular application from its Web site, a security company warned today.
By Gregg Keizer | 21 July, 2009 08:55
Research in Motion (RIM) has issued a new security patch for BlackBerry Enterprise Server to fix vulnerabilities in its PDF distiller program.
By Brad Reed | 05 June, 2009 04:04
Blasted three months ago for being slow to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its popular PDF viewer, Adobe today promised it will root out bugs in older code, speed up the patching process and release regular security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
By Gregg Keizer | 21 May, 2009 08:21
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