Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Reader X (and Acrobat) 11.0.0.1 and earlier running on all platforms How an attacker exploits them: By tricking you into opening malicious PDF documents (or by visiting web sites hosting such documents) Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can execute code on your computer with your privileges. If you are an … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader X Update Corrects Zero Day Vulnerability
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Reader X (and Acrobat) 11.0.0.1 and earlier running on all platforms How an attacker exploits them: By tricking you into opening malicious PDF documents (or by visiting web sites hosting such documents) Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can execute code on your computer with your privileges. If you are an … [Read more...]
Adobe Patch Day: Shockwave and (More) Flash Updates
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Adobe Shockwave and Flash Player How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users to open malicious files or visit specially crafted web sites Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your computer What to do: Install the appropriate … [Read more...]
Adobe Patch Day: Reader X and Shockwave Player Fixes
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Flash Player, Reader X, and Acrobat X. Also news of a ColdFusion zero day exploit How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users to open malicious files or visit specially crafted web sites Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 45 – OpWestboro
Hacktivists Against Hate, SMS Spam Bots, and Exynos Exploits Hey! Look at that. The world hasn't ended. I guess that means my decision to prepare my weekly security news video rather than my apocalyptical fallout shelter wasn't a tragic mistake. If you are in the mood for some information security (infosec) news on the last Mayan calendar day of the, well, er...ever...then … [Read more...]