Miles Associates LLC » Adobe http://www.miles-assoc.com Jim Miles - Information Technology & IT Security Consultant Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Adobe reports ‘critical’ flaw in Flash, Acrobat http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/adobe-reports-critical-flaw-in-flash-acrobat/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/adobe-reports-critical-flaw-in-flash-acrobat/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:36:51 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=401 Adobe has issued a security advisory about a “critical” vulnerability in its Flash Player and Adobe Reader and Acrobat products that it says could let attackers take control of people’s computers. The company said late Friday that there had been … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/adobe-reports-critical-flaw-in-flash-acrobat/feed/ 0 New Adobe Reader, Acrobat Vulnerability Comes Under Attack http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/new-adobe-reader-acrobat-vulnerability-comes-under-attack/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/new-adobe-reader-acrobat-vulnerability-comes-under-attack/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:11:21 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=346 A new zero-day bug affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat is being exploited in the wild. Though the vulnerability affects the products on Unix, Mac and Windows systems, the exploit observed in the wild is focused on Microsoft Windows for the … Continue reading →
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