Adobe Warns Of Attack Exploiting Zero Day Flaw Adobe warned Wednesday that a zero day vulnerability in both Reader and Acrobat is being actively exploited for attacks in the wild. The exploit, which Adobe categorized with the highest severity rating of “critical,” was distributed via a phishing attack, indicated by the e-mail subject line “David Leadbetter’s One Point Lesson.” The attack affects the latest versions of Acrobat and Reader — Adobe Reader 9.3.4, 8.2.4 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac and UNIX, as well as Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions for both Windows and Mac. ..

Testing shows most antivirus suites fail against exploits A majority of security software suites still fail to detect attacks on PCs even after the style of attack has been known for some time, underscoring how cyber criminals still have the upper hand. NSS Labs, which conducts tests of security software suites, tested how security packages from 10 major companies detect so-called “client-side exploits.” In such incidents a hacker attacks a vulnerability in software such as Web browsers, browser plug-ins, or desktop applications such as Adobe Acrobat and Flash

Adobe Critical Security Patch Coming Adobe on Thursday said that it intends to release a critical security update for its Acrobat and Reader software next week, on Tuesday, April 13.