Administrator Lite Posted June 6, 2010 Administrator Share Posted June 6, 2010 A new, critical bug in Adobe's Flash Player is giving some attackers a back door into victims computers, Adobe warned late Friday.The bug affects Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.45.2 and earlier on all operating systems, including Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It is also found in the latest versions of the widely used Reader and Acrobat software, Adobe said. "There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat," Adobe said in its security advisory.When exploited, the flaw can cause Adobe's software to crash, but it can also give attackers control of the computer, Adobe said.The attacks are not yet widespread. Adobe has so far received two reports of online attacks. The first one came in at 10:30 a.m. Pacific on Friday, according to company spokeswoman Wiebke Lips. Trend Micro Researcher Paul Ferguson agreed that the attack is new, and does not appear to be widely used. "It may just be ramping up," he cautioned via instant message. "I just haven't seen anything so far."Versions 8 of Adobe Reader and Acrobat are not vulnerable to the attack, Adobe said.Adobe's free Reader software has become a favorite hacker target in the past few years. Attacks that involve malicious PDF files now make up about nearly 50 percent of all Web-based attacks, according to Symantec. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 if we are using foxit reader for the pdf files will that protect against them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0nyB Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Adobe's free Reader software has become a favorite hacker target in the past few years. Attacks that involve malicious PDF files now make up about nearly 50 percent of all Web-based attacks, according to Symantec.So if I use Foxit Reader instead, my web browsing will be safer? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Adobe's free Reader software has become a favorite hacker target in the past few years. Attacks that involve malicious PDF files now make up about nearly 50 percent of all Web-based attacks, according to Symantec.So if I use Foxit Reader instead, my web browsing will be safer? :unsure:i dont know thats why i ask. just be careful where you get the pdfs from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted June 7, 2010 Administrator Share Posted June 7, 2010 Using Foxit would make you just a percent more safer than Adobe. Even Foxit has it's own sets of vulnerabilities, but it isn't targeted as much as Adobe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0nyB Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Using Foxit would make you just a percent more safer than Adobe. Even Foxit has it's own sets of vulnerabilities, but it isn't targeted as much as Adobe. Thanks, I will keep using Adobe Reader then, don't like the ads in Foxit Reader. Thanks DKT27, :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted June 7, 2010 Administrator Share Posted June 7, 2010 I do recommend Foxit. Even that 1% can be really important. ;)Not to forget Adobe Reader would take almost 700MB on your computer after installation. Foxit would hardly reach anyway near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoYB Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Good old Adobe, always dependable to be undependable :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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