Old Adobe Reader zero-day uses PDFs to size up targets • The Register
Hackers have been quietly exploiting what appears to be a zero-day in Adobe Acrobat Reader for months, using booby-trapped PDFs to profile targets and decide who’s worth fully compromising. Security researcher Haifei Li, founder of the sandbox-based exploit detection system EXPMON, said the campaign uses a malicious PDF that runs as soon as it’s opened,…