How PDFs can infect your computer via Adobe Reader vulnerabilities?? Something as simple as opening a PDF file can infect your computer, and potentially allow malicious hackers to gain access to your corporate network. Cybercriminals create boobytrapped PDF files, exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF reading software such as Adobe Reader, and either spam them out to unsuspecting victims or plant them on websites where they lie in wait for visitors. Just the simple act of opening the PDF file can exploit a vulnerability to automatically download malicious code from the internet, and display a decoy PDF file to trick you into believing that nothing wrong has happened.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 01:14:38 +0000
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