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- Adobe news: Sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox released - This week Adobe launched a beta version of Flash Player for Firefox. This version is better for its sandbox feature. February 8, 2012
- How to get PDF secured? - Nowadays, hackers target globally used file formats and this is mostly addressed to PDF. Because of PDF's feature to sheer data and intellectual property as a universal medium makes it vulnerable and most targeted by hackers. February 7, 2012
- Reminder after Zappos hack: how to protect yourself online? - In Kentucky Sunday night Zappos server was hacked. Hackers were able to get a pass to personal records of 24 million Zappos customers which means if you used the site you can be a victim of this attack as well. January 18, 2012
- Major flaw of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x is patched - Adobe released Tuesday patch for vulnerability that was found earlier in Reader and Acrobat 9.x. Attack due to Adobe was aimed towards Reader 9.x using malformed PDF documents that were attached to fictitious emails. December 16, 2011
- Adobe Reader targeted again: Acrobat vulnerability - Adobe announced today that hackers are exploiting security hole in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Malicious hackers are trying to use flaw that exists in Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and its earliest version for Windows and Mac systems. December 7, 2011
- 12 vulnerabilities are fixed by Adobe - On Thursday, Adobe released security bulletin to patch 12 critical flaws. New updated version of Flash Player fixes vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris platforms according to security bulletin. November 11, 2011
- Malware distribution tendencies 2011 - The main reason why Windows gets infected is the failure to fix third-party programs. About three to five years ago the basic traffic of malware to come was through the emails with infected links or rogue attachments. These days, hackers use malicious web September 30, 2011
- Mac Trojan is arrived and disguises as a Flash installer - Even if many of Mac users think that Mac malware is rare they should be concerned because a new threat is floating around. According security software company Intego, Mac Trojan pretends being an installer for the Adobe Flash Player browser plug-in. September 27, 2011
- Flaws are patched with new Flash Player Update - Today Adobe released out-of-band software update which patches serious vulnerabilities in its Flash Player products. An update fixes versions of Flash that are suitable on Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris and Android operating systems. September 22, 2011
- Phishers use Adobe name to spread scam - Recently, a new phishing scam was revealed as Adobe upgrade. According to security provider Cloudmark , spam emails were noticed that offer users to download new Adobe Acrobat upgrade. April 1, 2011
- UK and Sweden users have big chance to get infected through Spotify - Recently, new way of spreading malware has been found. This time users may be infected via Spotify which displays malicious advertisements to their free version. March 29, 2011
- New Adobe vulnerability has no patch yet - Critical Adobe flaw was found in a current version of Adobe Flash Player on all supported platforms. The flaw is connected exploited via the “authplay.dll” Flash Player integration. Vulnerability affected Flash Player installations, Adobe Reader and Acrob March 15, 2011
- Adobes’s sandbox is not bulletproof - Recently, Billy Rios, a Google security researcher, published a method of how he had broken in Adobe's sandbox which was created to prevent attacks of hackers. January 7, 2011
- The biggest cyber security stories of 2010. Part 2 - Taking a look back at 2010 we can see many incidents in various security fields. And some of them stand up from the crowd. Spam, malware and basic security problems were already discussed in The biggest cyber security stories of 2010. Part 1 and now it’s January 1, 2011
- Google’s Chrome 8 is on the run - Chrome 8 is the latest version of web browser made and distributed by Google. It patches 13 system flaws. December 3, 2010
- Reader X is finally released - Today is the day when Adobe released its new product called Reader X which contains a “sandbox” feature. This new version of the program is also available for Mac OS X and Android, however, those editions lack the sandbox. November 19, 2010
- Adobe Reader 10 comes with additional security - At the end of the year Adobe plans to release their new version of Adobe Reader which will have a huge protection from hackers. October 14, 2010
- Unauthorized patch for Adobe Reader flaw brings a temporary lullaby - Recently, a huge Adobe Reader vulnerability was fixed by unexpected and unofficial patch that was released by security researchers. The flaw was exploited by malware founders that wanted to use it for their malicious intentions. A solid number of malware September 16, 2010
- Adobe Reader PDF patches the flaw disclosed at Black Hat - As the hole in an Adobe’s Reader PDF was disclosed at the conference of Black Hat security conference, Adobe patched the flaw at last. Today Adobe released security update to patch the hole. August 20, 2010
- Be careful of Fake YouTube Page! - Watching videos and looking for information on search engines are the most popular things people choose to do on their daily lives. These features are well known to hackers so they are prepared to use it against computer users. July 16, 2010
