Adobe gifts internal file permissions to unwashed masses
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Directory transversal shocker A scripting error in Adobe's website gave outsiders broad access to internal files on the company's webserver that could prove valuable to malicious hackers trying to penetrate its security.â¦
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Adobe Integrated Runtime paves the way for Web applications that perform like desktop-bound programs.Images: Building apps on AIR
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Does your email program accept hidden JavaScript commands?
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Fix prevents users from sharing their files and printers with the entire Internet.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- SmugMug today announced its collaborative work with Adobe to give Photoshop Elements 5.0 software users a simple way to share photos online.
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Adobe has taken the wraps off of Photoshop Express: a free, stripped-down version of its signature image editing software that will be available online.
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Adobe has patched two bugs in its Acrobat Reader application that could allow an attacker to take over a user&#39;s system via a malicious PDF attached to an e-mail message.
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Unpatched bugs that could allow attackers to take over Windows systems via Internet Explorer. The bugs were discovered by security company FrSIRT and reported to Adobe a week ago.
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I can't urge you strongly enough to read the article entitled How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In. It details how Microsoft has built into Vista the "trusted computing" ability to lock down Office files via DRM such that no unauthorized document reader will be able to decrypt and read them. This is perhaps one of the biggest hidden weapons Microsoft has in its arsenal that could sabotage Linux and OpenOffice.org if Microsoft succeeds in its attempt to plug SUSE and all Novell's "interoperability" bonuses.   Think of this, if you will, as the Tivoization of Office files, only with malicious intent.  Microsoft could, indeed, open up the document format completely and swear before God that it will never sue anyone for patent infringement.  However, this does not prevent Microsoft from locking Office files in such a way that only Vista users can read them.  No one else will be able to do so without the proper authorization, thus rendering the open format and Microsoft compatibility entirely meaningless.
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How can I send a 50-megabyte file to a friend since itâs way too big for an e-mail attachment?
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Adobe released on Wednesday an update that fixes vulnerabilities in its widely used Reader document viewing program.Users are urged to upgrade to version 8.1.2, available for download on Adobe&#39;s Web site.Adobe has not given out details of the vulnerabilities, even though the company has a section on its Web site detailing security advisories for Reader.That could indicate that the vulnerabilities are fairly serious and could result in a compromised PC, said Thomas Kristensen, chief technical officer for Secunia, a security vendor in Denmark.Secunia is performing a binary analysis of the old and new versions of Reader to figure out the vulnerabilities. However, that analysis takes one to three days, Kristensen said.Kristensen said no proof-of-concept code has been seen yet and no attacks have been reported. But people should be especially cautious of PDFs (Portable Document Format), the common file type that Reader opens.&quot;PDFs are generally highly trusted,&quot; Kristensen said. &quot;It&#39;s a common format for exchanging information.&quot;Secunia estimates that more than 60 percent of home PC users have the Reader program, based on data from one of its software products that checks to see if programs have up-to-date patches. Corporate use of Reader is less, around 30 percent, since many companies use other business applications that can open PDFs, Kristensen said.Hackers seized on PDFs&#160;last year after the disclosure of a&#160;protocol handling vulnerability involving Windows. The problem allowed them to create malicious PDF documents that would infect a PC with malicious software if opened.Adobe officials could not be reached.&#160;
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Security researcher Petko Petkov has revealed a new zero-day flaw effecting Adobe's popular PDF format.
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New PostScript RIP gives designers more options in output formats.
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Travis Swicegood is teasing us with some output from a script in his latest blog post:   So my free time of late (what there is of it) has been spent on a project that's getting really close to v0.1 release. In other words, its first functional release. If you've ever run a test using the PEAR installer or know what a .phpt file looks like, you might be able to guess what I've been up.   Keep an eye on his blog for more information on his "secret project".
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Adobe's Creative Suite 3 programs are not fully tested with 'Leopard.'
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(InfoWorld) - The hacker who discovered aÂ recently patched QuickTime flaw affecting the Firefox browserÂ says he has found an equally serious flaw in Adobe's PDF file format. "Adobe Acrobat/Reader PDF documents can be used to compromise your Windows box. Completely!!! Invisibly and unwillingly!!!," wrote Petko Petkov, in a breathless Thursday blog posting. "All it takes is to open a PDF document or stumble across a page which embeds one." Petkov said he had confirmed the issue on Adobe Reader 8.1 on Windows XP and that other versions may be affected. The security researcher said he would not release code that shows how this attack works until Adobe provided a patch for the problem, but he has already sent other software developers scrambling for bug fixes over the past week. On Sept. 12, Petkov reported that attackers could run unauthorized software on a Firefox user's PC by exploiting a flaw in Apple's QuickTime media format. Mozilla offered a partial fix for this problem on Tuesday but said Apple would ultimately have to address the issue in its QuickTime media player. And on Tuesday Petkov posted code showing how Windows Media Player files could be used to make Web surfers susceptible to Internet Explorer bugs, even if they were running another browser, such as Firefox or Opera. Microsoft has said it is investigating this issue. If Petkov's PDF claims are true, it could be bad news for business users, who are used to opening PDF attachments without thinking twice, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations with nCircle Network Security Inc. Though some attackers have craftedÂ PDF attacks in recent years, Petkov's code could also be more effective than typical exploits, Storms added. "Historically, those other exploits have been targeted for specific versions of Adobe Reader," he said. "According to the information, this affects all versions. It's an inherent architectural problem in the way files are read."
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PDF peril Adobe Reader may be subject to a security hole that creates a means for hackers to take over vulnerable Windows boxes simply by opening a maliciously constructed PDF document.â¦