http://www.macworld.com/article/138943/2009/02/adobe_vulnerability.html Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 7-9 on all platforms that allow hackers to take over your pc. gg
Since this is a Macworld article, when they say "all platforms" do they mean across all MAC platforms or all personal computers in general? I'm gonna be safe and assume the later however.
What strikes me as strange is the fact that this is on a Mac news thread when, except in special circumstances, the Preview app that comes with OS X is more than good enough at managing PDFs. I wonder how many Mac users even have Adobe Acrobat and Reader installed... I know I don't. When they say "all systems" they almost certainly mean all systems, not just all Mac systems.
The real question: why in the world would a hacker want to take over your PC? Besides having a slavenet, there's not much use in it - and that's usually done with virii. Just don't be posting up your IP everywhere saying "HACK MY COMPUTER!!" and you'll be fine.
Thanks for the heads up, I have to put more attention towards this as my computer just blocked an attempt not... 7 minutes ago.
Technically, the hacker would still need to know your IP AND know the exploit which enables you to do this. SoooOOOooOOoOO its not really a big deal?
People who understand the exploit obviously know what they're doing... and hackers of that calibre don't give a crap about your grandmother's computer. They don't sit around waiting for dumbasses to prey on. There are some malicious people who will make computer virii to automatically do that - simply because they enjoy coding - but there's no good reason anybody should want to work to get inside your computer. Just following a chain of logic here... if you're that experienced at "hacking", then you're probably older - in your twenties at least. If you're in your twenties it's not all that likely your parents are supporting you anymore, so that means you live on your own. If you live on your own and can afford shelter, computer, and internet connection, you must have a job. Companies are always looking for IT professionals and pen-testers, so considering that's what you're good at, that's probably what you do. If you spend all day protecting a business network, do you really think the first thing you'd want to do when you get home is go get into some teenager's computer and raid his porn collection? There are guys out there who hack for fun, but they do it on projects that they think are worthwhile. NSA, CIA, myspace, whatever.
