Russian Hackers Behind Attack PDFs
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The Russian Business Network, a notorious hacker gang, is responsible for ongoing spam attacks using malicious PDF files.
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The hacker who discovered a recently patched QuickTime flaw affecting the Firefox browser says he has found an equally serious flaw in Adobe Systems Inc.&#39;s PDF file format.
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Adobe has issued a patch for Acrobat Reader to correct a vulnerability that could allow an atacker to take over a user&#39;s system with an infected PDF file.
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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¦
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Yellow Peril causes wet knickers among excited scribes Unnamed Pentagon figures continue to get big ink for their thesis that Chinese military cyber assault is a threat of trouser-moistening magnitude. Last week's media bandwagon, initiated after Financial Times hacks in Washington obligingly got things rolling, is now thundering along unstoppably as foaming tech-dunce scribes pile aboard.â¦
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Security researchers studying the latest Internet crime trends have discovered a new Eastern European website that uses a large botnet to infect vulnerable PCs. The operators of the botnet and website charge clients for each successful PC infection.
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Defacement video tutorial pulled after attack Saudi hackers manged to deface a page on Microsoft's UK web site last week, recording the techniques they used in an online video.â¦
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Newspaper report says People's Liberation Army broke into computers and stole files.
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Malicious hackers are seeding Internet news groups that traffic in pornography with JPEG images that take advantage of a recently disclosed security hole in Microsoft&#39;s software, according to warnings from antivirus software companies and Internet
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Cyber criminals are cashing in on their expertise by offering tool kits that let anyone craft attacks.
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Hackers got into a database containing the Social Security numbers of
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A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.
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(Source: VeriSign)  The Russian cyber crime underground developed early in the Internet age. Today, these criminals pose a threat for malicious activity around the world. Download the free report, "Global Threat Research Report: Russia," to get an in-depth look at this growing problem, and learn how VeriSign iDefense Security Intelligence Services can help.
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Exploit code for two of Tuesday's patches have been posted to mailing lists by researchers.
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Spammers have turned to the use of PDF-based e-mail messages to try to slip under the security radar and get their messages through to unsuspecting recipients.
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The experts claim hackers have compromised these sites by exploiting scripting vulnerabilities in their guestbooks.
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Security researcher Petko Petkov has revealed a new zero-day flaw effecting Adobe's popular PDF format.