Sunday, 5 February 2012
Adobe issued a critical update Tuesday plugging a serious zero-day vulnerability in Acrobat Reader that was being actively exploited by attackers.
For this year so far, PDF is the most common file type in targeted attacks, according to the latest statistics released by IT security firm F-Secure Security Labs.
Adobe released a patch fixing a critical vulnerability in its Flash Player and is set to release updates for Reader and PDF software.
Sensitive data can commonly leak out of an enterprise through un-redacted documents. In this tip, Michael Cobb discusses how you can fully secure redacted documents.
Reader X is a more secure PDF viewing software which adopts Microsoft's Practical Windows Sandboxing technique.
German government security agency warns of possible attacks; Apple promises a patch.
Apple has issued a software security update designed to fix a Safari PDF rendering system vulnerability exploited by jailbreakers and that could have been used by hackers to infect Apple’s mobile devices.
But Trojan code is crude, can't yet connect to control server, say security firms.
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When good backups go bad
Business transactions are faster and have a broader reach to more people in more countries than ever before. Businesses of all sizes can cast a global shadow by setting up a website and conducting business over the Internet. At the same time the volume of data is growing, so are the threats.
Does application security pay?
In the past, businesses confronted the threat of cyber attacks and data breaches primarily by building firewalls and other “perimeter defenses” around their networks, but the threat has continued to evolve, and more criminals are hacking into applications that are running on a plethora of new devices and environments, including cloud, mobile, and social media. Which begets the question: Is it still worthwhile investing in application security?
Red Cross overhauls ID management
Red Cross named the first recipient of the CourionCare Program for Non-Profits with massive overhaul to security and identity management.
Red Cross overhauls ID management
That program helped the agency reduce the risk of security and compliance breaches by automatically eliminating system access when a user changed responsibilities or left the organization.
