Organized Individualists: Think that PDF email attachment is safe to open?

Think that PDF email attachment is safe to open?

"PDF exploits are usually the first ones attempted by attackers," said Mary Landesman, a ScanSafe senior security researcher, referring to the multi-exploit hammering that hackers typically give visitors to malicious Web sites. "Attackers are choosing PDFs for a reason. It's not random. They're establishing a preference for Reader exploits."

This is a tad scary for me, as I tend to trust PDF's over Microsoft Office documents (and don't EVEN try to send me a .exe file). The important takeaway here is: Don't open any attachments you didn't know were coming to you. Period.

This entry was posted by Kevin Creighton, on 2.17.2010. You can leave your response.

Think that PDF email attachment is safe to open?

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