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RE: A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads InsidePDF Documen ts
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:17:46 -0600 (CST)
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 Jamz_Yaneza () trendmicro com wrote:
Oh just great ... Not! After being touted as one of the safer formats to use (thus lots of government sites now use PDF), in one fell swoop you go ahead and shoot yourself on the foot and make yourself vulnerable. Wonders never cease.
It's about business. Security we can cuss over later. More business!
Cheers, --Jamz-----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:37 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads InsidePDF Documen tsno-trend-disclaimer:Y-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 eah. That's what I thought. Via Reuters. [snip] Software maker Adobe Systems Inc and Internet company Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday they will offer a service to let publishers run advertisements in Adobe's popular document-reading format. The new service, Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo, presents publishers with an alternative to conventional subscriptions, which, if widely adopted, could open up a new model based on free, ad-supported publishing, analysts said. [snip] More: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2754715120071129 Screaming for compromise, methinks... - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFHTlAPq1pz9mNUZTMRAvr5AKCypH3Zj/tD15BYxVpW9DPSuZAPsQCglm+W GhJOs4Pmdta52o/EaD2rm7s= =22Vp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list._______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads Inside PDF Documen ts Paul Ferguson (Nov 28)
- RE: A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads InsidePDF Documen ts Jamz_Yaneza (Nov 28)
- RE: A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads InsidePDF Documen ts Gadi Evron (Nov 28)
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- Re: A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads Inside PDF Documen ts Dude VanWinkle (Nov 29)
- RE: A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo Tests Ads InsidePDF Documen ts Jamz_Yaneza (Nov 28)