Tag archive: PDF

When Final Cut Pro X was released during June 2011, the upgrade from Final Cut Pro 7 received plenty of negative reactions from professional videographers and poor reviews started flowing in across the Web. In early September, Apple partially addressed the backlash to the new version by allowing users to purchase Final Cut Pro 7 on the official Apple website. Today, Apple has rolled out a update to Final Cut Pro X that addresses the most common… Read More

Apple has released iOS 4.3.4 (iOS 4.2.9 for users on Verizon) which fixes a vulnerability with the operating system's PDF support that could enable attacks via maliciously-crafted PDF files. Earlier this month, Jailbreakme.com relaunched using this PDF exploit to enable user to jailbreak their iOS devices. As expected, the patch shuts down that particular jailbreaking technique. The update is free for the iPhone (3GS or newer), iPad,… Read More

No sooner goes JailbreakMe.com come back online—enabling iOS device users to jailbreak their devices just by clicking a link—than security alerts start flying. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has issued a security warning to consumers (German), warning users to avoidf opening PDF files on Web sites or as email attachments unless users are sure the documents come from a trusted source. Although the… Read More

Hackers have once again found a weakness in the way Apple's Mobile Safari browser loads PDF files, making it possible to jailbreak iOS devices without connecting to a computer first. Anyone interested in jailbreaking their device simply needs to point their Mobile Safari browser to jailbreakme.com and follow a simple set of instructions. JailbreakMe is web-based, but does, however, recommend first connecting to iTunes to perform a backup.… Read More

A “technical error” has caused Britain's Ministry of Defense to inadvertently publish classified sections of a report containing sensitive information about US Navy and British military nuclear submarines, the BBC reports. Sensitive information in the report, which was published to Parliament's website after a Freedom of Information request by anti-nuclear campaigners, includes how much structural damage British subs… Read More

If you somehow missed the memo that the latest version of Chrome is out and ready for download, you aren’t the only one. Google’s been progressively tight-lipped about its browser updates, which is somewhat refreshing in the age of overblown Web announcements (you know who you are). This time, however, the release of Chrome 8 was particularly subdued, and Google didn’t even mention it on its blog, instead relegating it to its “Chrome Release”… Read More

Less than a week after warning users about a zero-day exploit in its PDF software, Adobe found another zero-day exploit in Flash. Adobe said hackers are already taking advantage of a critical flow in the current version of Flash to attack Windows PCs to “cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control.” Despite Adobe’s claims that the attacks are “limited” and “targeted” only at Windows users, the flaw is pretty far-reaching. All… Read More

Adobe identified a critical vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Tuesday, but said today that attackers were already exploiting this bug. All versions of Acrobat and Reader 8 and 9 for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix are open to attack. Even the latest versions, 8.2.4 and 9.3.4 are not safe. Other PDF reading alternatives, such as Foxit Reader, are not affected. Masquerading as a harmless PDF file, this exploit has malformed font and image… Read More

Adobe Corporation announced today that it plans to release the full 1.7 version of its Portable Document Format (PDF) specification to AIIM, the Enterprise Content Management Association, with the intent to see it published as a standard by the internation Organization for Standardization (ISO). Adobe initially published PDF in 1993, and since then the format has become a de-facto standard for application- and operating system-independent… Read More

The phones are expected to enhance the productivity of businesspeople who are constantly on the go, but need to view business-critical information, such as PDF files, at any time and any place. Data can be easily downloaded onto the phones in its original file format through a PC connection, similar to an external storage device. Microsoft Word and Excel files can be viewed, as well as PDF, JPG, and TXT files. The phones feature a… Read More