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Adobe Warns of PDF Phishing Scam – PCWorld

Adobe Warns of PDF Phishing Scam – PCWorld.
A new phishing scam is trying to fool people into thinking it comes from Adobe, announcing a new version of PDF Reader/Writer. The message is making its way into e-mail boxes now, and the real Adobe urged any recipients to simply delete it.

Fix Old Flaws to Stop New Attacks – PC World

Fix Old Flaws to Stop New Attacks – PC World.
These are the most common browser-based exploits, as determined from Microsoft’s analysis of “data from customer-reported incidents, submissions of malicious code, and Microsoft Windows error reports.”
Third-party software:
CVE-2008-2992
- flaw in Adobe Acrobat and Reader
CVE-2006-5198
- WinZip
CVE-2007-0015
- QuickTime
CVE-2007-5659
- Adobe Reader
Windows holes:
MS08-041
- Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer
MS09-002
- Internet Explorer
MS06-057
- Internet Explorer
MS08-078
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