![]() ![]() In a previous blog post titled PDF /Launch Social Engineering Attack, I mentioned that Didier Stevens had demonstrated a social engineering attack, which relied on the “/launch” functionality as described in the PDF specification (ISO PDF 32000-1:2008) under section 12.6.4.5. PDF “/Launch” Functionality Social Engineering Attack Update.This is an extremely important metric, since it greatly reduces the window of exposure available to attackers. Our data showed that the user population adopted the last update roughly three times faster than previous updates. When we compared the new updater against the older technology, we found that our users were much more likely to update using the new Adobe Reader Updater. We have been very pleased with the results. In addition, as always, the Adobe Reader Updater will continue to automatically check for new updates, or users can force an update to happen by selecting > Help > Check for Updates from the Adobe Reader menu.įor our previous quarterly release on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, we activated the new Adobe Reader and Acrobat Updater for our user base. This change will make its debut as scheduled on J(by offering Adobe Reader 9.3.3 for installation) and will become a standard operating procedure going forward. ![]()
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