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Pdf

posing a security risk

         

smells so good

1:30 pm on Jan 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I'm surprised that no mention has been made of this.


PDF security risk greater than originally thought
http://news.com.com/PDF+security+risk+greater+than+originally+thought/2100-1002_3-6147428.html

Initially, security professionals thought that the problem was restricted and exposed only Web-related data or could support phishing scams. Now it has been discovered that miscreants could exploit the problem to access all information on a victim's hard disk drive, said Web security specialists...

InformationWeek is making the claim that this could be one of the worst bugs of 2007. I say the year is still young. Meanwhile, what can I do to help?

  • Restrict access to any PDF files until a fix is issued?
  • Nothing, and hope someone doesn't use my page for their malfeasance?
  • Go to bed and forget I ever heard about it?
  • jatar_k

    2:31 pm on Jan 6, 2007 (gmt 0)