• Adobe adding “sandbox” to PDF Reader

    /* Deb Shinder*/ /*">Deb Shinder*/ /*Deb Shinder*/ Posted On July 21, 2010
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    Adobe's free PDF reader software is extremely popular, despite various alternatives. Thus it's welcome news that the company has decided to focus more on security in the next version, featuring a new "sandbox" technology called "Protected Mode" that works a lot like Google Chrome's sandbox and Microsoft Office 2010's Protected Viewing Mode.It's expected to be released before the end of the year. You can read more about it here:

    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-adding-sandbox-to-pdf-reader-to-ward-off-hacker-attacks/6886?tag=nl.e550

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    Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a technology and security analyst and author specializing in identity, security and cybercrime, utilizing her past experience as a police officer and police academy/criminal justice instructor. She has written numerous books and articles for web and print publications and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation for fourteen years in a row.




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