Adobe to launch ads in PDF files

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| A new ad platform is currently in Beta testing by Adobe and Yahoo which could
| change the way PDF publishers earn revenue. The platform would allow
| advertisements to be shown in Adobe's PDF file format. The opt-in service
| would host contextually targeted ads within the documents.
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http://www.bizreport.com/2007/11/ado...pdf_files.html

GNU PDF to fill missing gap in functionality

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| That's the main reason why the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has declared
| GNU PDF a high priority project, and is actively seeking donations to speed
| its progress.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/122195


Related:

FSF Accepting Donations For GNU PDF Project

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| The Free Software Foundation is working to develop a set of libraries and
| programs that implement the PDF file format. Even non-developers can
| contribute to the cause. Â*
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/fsf_acce...nu_pdf_project


Microsoft finally admits fault for PDF attacks

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| There we were thinking that Adobe was at fault because its Acrobat reader had
| a vulnerability that exposed users to bad PDF files filled with malwares sent
| in spam when all along it was yet another vulnerability in Microsoft Windows.
| Microsoft has belatedly admitted that it's to blame and is working on a fix
| but for many it may be too late as spam with dodgy PDF files is hitting
| mailboxes by tens of thousands. Â* Â*
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15053/1023/


New PDF Zero-Day Vulnerability

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| The British security researcher who has disclosed two critical flaws in
| popular media files in the past week said Thursday that a zero-day
| vulnerability in Adobe Inc.'s pervasive PDF files could be exploited to
| snatch control of Windows XP systems. Â*
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...1/article.html


Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer


If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...rss_technology


Why Windows is a security nightmare.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...120110704.html


The Structural Failures of Windows

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=15305


PDF spam tsunami hits email inboxes

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| The email messages are being sent from compromised home PCs, turned into
| zombie relay stations by hackers.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/pdf_spam_blitz/


Latest Stock Spam Strategy Uses PDFs

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| Five billion spam messages flooded the Internet on Wednesday in
| a realistic-looking pump-and-dump scam that had its intended
| effect of boosting trading volume for German-based Talktech Telemedia.
|
| [...]
|
| The outbreak, which represented 9 percent of all e-mail traffic, making it
| one of the 10 largest outbreaks of 2007, was distributed by over 75,000
| zombie PCs. The top three locations of these zombies were the U.S., Spain,
| and Germany. Recipients of the attack were mainly in Europe. Â*
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070621/tc_nf/53224


Microsoft is the world's biggest cause of zombie remailers

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| In China, it would take about one and one-half years wages (for the
| average Chinese) to buy a legitimate copy of Windows Vista. If you
| could find it here.
|
| Microsoft is the biggest cause of zombie remailers in the world,
| because they make noises, but do not do anything to address the
| real digital inequities in the world.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38202


Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net

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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/