Simply opening a PDF could trigger this Adobe Reader zeroday

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News Source : Malwarebytes.com

News Summary

  • A researcher analyzed a malicious PDF and found that it abused a previously unknown flaw (a “zero‑day”) in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Opening the wrong PDF in Adobe Reader was enough to let criminals quietly spy on your computer and unleash more attacks, even though everything looked normal.A researcher analyzed a malicious PDF a [+2643 chars]

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