Why does it take Trend Micro to discover all these wholes? Yesterday it was Microsoft with 34 holes/what ever and today its Adobe with 28 holes .........
why is the end user having to suffer from their lack of proper testing ....... If they can't do the job correctly, maybe they should hire Trend Micro to do there testing before they release their damb products to the mar5ket place........... but what do I know I'm only a end user...........
Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat
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Adobe released a security bulletin that includes fixes for 28 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, including a critical hole that has reportedly been exploited.
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Adobe on Tuesday released a security bulletin that includes fixes for 28 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, including a critical hole that has reportedly been exploited in the wild in limited attacks.
Also read: New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday
Affected software includes version 9.1.3 of Reader and Acrobat; Acrobat 8.1.6 for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix; and version 7.1.3 of Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh. The vulnerabilities could cause the applications to crash and could allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer, according to the security advisory.
One of the updates addresses a hole that Trend Micro says has been exploited by a Trojan horse that arrives as a PDF file containing malicious JavaScript. That exploit affects Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, according to Trend Micro.
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... the world will beat a path to your door throwing cash at you.
However, since all software is coded by humans and humans are fallible, no code will ever be 100% foolproof.
Anything man can do, man can also undo.
However, since all software is coded by humans and humans are fallible, no code will ever be 100% foolproof.
Anything man can do, man can also undo.
Why does it take Trend Micro to discover all these wholes? Yesterday it was Microsoft with 34 holes/what ever and today its Adobe with 28 holes .........
Like using the word "wholes" when the correct word is "holes".
Like using the word "wholes" when the correct word is "holes".
Come on... you know its going to happen......
Where is the debate on how ****** Acrobat REALLY is. Bloated AND locks up way too much for me to even consider using it.
OK. Here is a two-fer: Acrobat Reader is scary and bloated, but I don't use it on my Linux machines. Although the Linux version,'acroread,' is available in the repositories, I use the Free-and-open-source 'evince' PDF reader instead. Since all programs can print to a PDF file, I do not need to install any PDF-maker software. (PDF has been an open standard since 01-JAN-2008.)
I don't know whether evince is vulnerable to the same attacks as Acrobat.
I don't know whether evince is vulnerable to the same attacks as Acrobat.
I don't understand why Adobe has gone this route with recent Acrobat Reader releases. What I want in a pdf reader is something fast and light, what I have is something slow which takes an age to load and become interactive. And why the heck does it need to have javascript capabilities anyway? Both Adobe and Microsoft (and yes Apple come to think of it) need to think about whether loading features onto a package is really adding value, now it the time in software development to think about reliability, efficiency and security AS FEATURES not interactive widgets and the ability to go on line and sync with your telephone or whatever the latest fad is.
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