Hackers exploit Adobe Reader zero-day, may be targeting defense contractors

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222454/Hackers_exploit_Adobe_Reader_zero_day_may_be_targeting_defense_contractors

By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
December 6, 2011

Adobe today confirmed that an unpatched, or zero-day, vulnerability in 
Adobe Reader is being exploited by criminals.

Those attacks may have been aimed at defense contractors.

Adobe promised to patch the bug in the Windows edition of Reader and 
Acrobat 9 no later than the end of next week. Tuesday, Dec. 12 is also 
Microsoft's regularly-scheduled Patch Tuesday for the month.

The upcoming patch will be Adobe's sixth for Reader and Acrobat this 
year.

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