German academics have developed a new attack that can extract and steal data from encrypted PDF files, sometimes without user interaction. Named PDFex, the new attack comes in two variations and was ...

Adobe's PDF format allows you to combine text and images into portable document files which are easy to share with employees, print or store for later use. As the creator of a PDF file, you can ...

PDFex can bypass encryption and password protection in most PDF readers and online validation services Researchers in Germany have invented a new hack that can allow someone to break the encryption of ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that allows attackers to extract contents of a password-protected or encrypted PDF file under special conditions. In a paper — titled “Practical Decryption ...

The big picture: PDF encryption, as you can imagine, is commonly used in the world of business to protect trade secrets, confidential images and even health records. Some even send e-mail messages as ...

GoodReader for Good offers options to protect PDFs. Good.iWare is offering its PDF-reading capabilities to companies with an eye toward security, with Tuesday’s launch of GoodReader for Good. The new ...

Maybe there was a time when you wanted to lock away certain pages in a PDF, but you didn’t have the tools to get it done. Well, those days are over due to the release of an interesting software known ...

Russian-backed hackers are using malware disguised as a PDF encryption tool to steal your information. According to the Threat Analysis Group report, Coldriver will send victims encrypted PDFs. When ...

PGP Corp. adds support for Adobe PDF to PGP Universal Gateway Email PGP Corp. today announced it is adding support for Adobe PDF attachments to its PGP Universal Gateway Email for encrypting e-mail ...