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Malware Embedded in Adobe Acrobat PDF Plugins

In recent years, the use of malware embedded in Adobe Acrobat PDF plugins has become an increasingly sophisticated threat to cybersecurity. As PDFs are a widely used format for document sharing, they ...
ZDNet

This malware-spreading PDF uses a sneaky file name to trick the unwary

Attackers using the Snake keylogger malware for Windows are emailing malicious PDFs with embedded Word documents to infect victims' PCs and steal information. Malicious PDFs are an unusual tool to use ...
ZDNet

Hacker finds a way to exploit PDF files, without a vulnerability

A security researcher has managed to create a proof-of-concept PDF file that executes an embedded executable without exploiting any security vulnerabilities. The PDF hack, when combined with clever ...