Archive for February, 2009

Adobe Acrobat and Reader pose Security Risk

Friday, February 27th, 2009

One of the most popular formats on the Internet to access documents, newsletters and forms is PDF (Portable Document Format).  And the largest supplier of software to create and view these PDF documents is Adobe Systems.  On 2/19/2009, Adobe Systems announced that two of their most popular products, Acrobat and ...

Windows Update May Cause Problems

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

By now, all Windows users should be aware of the importance of installing the many Windows security updates issued by Microsoft on a regular basis.  Sometimes, however, these security updates can have unintended consequences.  Most recently, the security update KB960715 issued on 02/10/2009.  This update disables some controls used by ...