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BlackBerry PDF Distiller Vulnerability

2008-07-15 21:36:34 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...PDF distiller in the BlackBerry Attachment Service has been revealed by Research In Motion. Thanks to the Internet Storm Center for alerting us to the problem. The distiller is a program that reads PDF files and re-renders them in a format that the BlackBerry can display. The BlackBerry Attachment Service runs on the BlackBerry Enterprise...
 
Tags: blackberry, pdf, reads pdf files, pdf files, blackberry device, blackberry enterprise server, blackberry attachment service, attachment service, distiller
 
 
 
 
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BlackBerry PDF Distiller Vulnerability

2008-07-15 21:36:34 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...PDF distiller in the BlackBerry Attachment Service has been revealed by Research In Motion. Thanks to the Internet Storm Center for alerting us to the problem. The distiller is a program that reads PDF files and re-renders them in a format that the BlackBerry can display. The BlackBerry Attachment Service runs on the BlackBerry Enterprise...
 
Tags: blackberry, pdf, reads pdf files, pdf files, blackberry device, blackberry enterprise server, blackberry attachment service, attachment service, distiller
 
 
 
 
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BlackBerry PDF Distiller Vulnerability

2008-07-15 21:36:34 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...PDF distiller in the BlackBerry Attachment Service has been revealed by Research In Motion. Thanks to the Internet Storm Center for alerting us to the problem. The distiller is a program that reads PDF files and re-renders them in a format that the BlackBerry can display. The BlackBerry Attachment Service runs on the BlackBerry Enterprise...
 
Tags: blackberry, pdf, reads pdf files, pdf files, blackberry device, blackberry enterprise server, blackberry attachment service, attachment service, distiller
 
 
 
 
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Eicar.pdf

2008-05-20 18:02:02 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...PDF files From his site I like to embed the EICAR Anti-Virus test file in usual formats and less usual formats. Today, Im publishing a PDF document with an embedded EICAR test file (eicar.txt). This PDF document has also an annotation with a JavaScript action linked to it. Clicking the annotation will export the embedded eicar.txt file to a...
 
Tags: eicar, eicar test file, txt, txt files, pdf document, usual formats, txt file, javascript action, quick post
 
 
 
 
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New PDF Exploits Toolkit Targets Windows Users With Unpatched Adobe Reader

2008-09-24 18:58:26 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Discovery by Secure Computings anti-malware research labs shows that a new exploit pack exclusively targets PDF vulnerabilities, exposing Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. The Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the file formats of choice commonly used today, since its widely deployed across different operating systems. On a...
 
Tags: portable document format, format, windows users, malicious hacker attacks, pdf, choice commonly, file formats, widely, down-side
 
 
 
 
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Is it time to consider PDF a threat?

2008-02-13 20:50:05 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The 8.12 patch for Adobe Reader that Adobe released last week fixed a number of security holesbut not before malware capable of exploiting them had been on the market for weeks. The end result is tough questions on whether it is time to consider PDF a security threat
 
Tags: adobe reader, adobe, pdf, time, week fixed, tough questions, security holesbut, malware capable, security threat
 
 
 
 
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Critical PDF Processing Vulnerability In BlackBerry Enterprise Server

2008-07-17 18:35:58 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
BlackBerry reports a highly critical vulnerability in BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the BlackBerry Attachment Service when processing PDF files. This can be exploited to potentially execute...
 
Tags: vulnerability, blackberry enterprise server, vulnerable system, highly critical vulnerability, blackberry attachment service, execute arbitrary code, malicious people, blackberry reports, pdf files
 
 
 
 
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Adobe admits new PDF password protection is weaker

2008-12-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x84729b8 in Network World on Security
 
Adobe made a critical change to the algorithm used to password-protect PDF documents in Acrobat 9, making it much easier to recover a password and raising concern over the safety of documents, according to Russian security firm Elcomsoft
 
Tags: documents, pdf documents, password, adobe, critical change, algorithm, recover, easier, acrobat
 
 
 
 
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Embassy of Brazil in India Compromised

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2008-11-13 09:47:45 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...PDF exploits, banker malware and Zlob variants. The malicious attackers embedded links to their blackhat SEO farms advertising fake security software, and also a link to a traffic redirection doorway epmwckme.dex1.com htkobaf.dex1.com ogbucof.dex1.com segundomuelle.com/mex/antivirus jgzleaa.dex1.com igpran.ru/services/tolstye The active...
 
Tags: embassy, php, traffic redirection doorway, syrian embassy, exploit, live exploit urls, cgi, pdf exploits durin, pdf exploits