Malware City/News

Feb
1

Adobe Warns of PDF Phishing Scam

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
A new phishing scam is trying to fool people into thinking it comes from Adobe

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Malware City/News

Jan
17

Warning over using Internet Explorer from German Government as exploit goes public

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
On Friday, in a response to the security hole in several versions of Internet Explorer (IE), the German Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, BSI) recommended that Internet Explorer users should switch to an alternative browser until a patch for IE has been made available.

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Malware City/News

Sep
3

Apple's Snow Leopard downgrades Flash

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
Apple's Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6, downgrades the Adobe Flash Player installed on systems being upgraded with the updated operating system.

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Malware City/News

Apr
29

Another Adobe Reader security hole emerges

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
Adobe saying Windows, Mac and Unix versions of Reader are affected.

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Malware City/News

Oct
17

Adobe Redirects Surfers To Malware Installing Malicious Sites

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
SophosLabs discovered during last week that Adobe is hosting a web page that redirects unsuspecting visitors to websites that attempt to install malware on vulnerable machines.

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Malware City/News

Sep
30

Adobe, Amazon point fingers over video ripping exploit

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
One of the features of Amazon's Video on Demand Service is that it allows a customer to preview the first two minutes of a show. It's a nice option for anyone skimming through a series or searching for a specific episode, but it opens the door to the aforementioned exploit.

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