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IT Security Alert: Now PDFs Pose a Threat!

Update: According to IT Security types, certain versions of Internet Explorer are also vulnerable. They include: IE6, Adobe Reader 7 on XP SP1IE6, Adobe Reader 4 on XP SP2 I just received a very alarming alert from my daughter who works in IT security. According to a couple of posts that she forwarded to me, the long-trusted PDF document format can now be exploited for cross-site scripting purposes, meaning that any web site hosting PDF files can be used for perpetrating cyber...

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