Comments on: Is it surprising that people open unsolicited PDF files? http://infosecplace.com/blog/2007/07/22/is-it-surprising-that-people-open-unsolicited-pdf-files/ Commentary on the State of Information Security Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LonerVamp http://infosecplace.com/blog/2007/07/22/is-it-surprising-that-people-open-unsolicited-pdf-files/comment-page-1/#comment-19534 LonerVamp Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:09:39 +0000 http://infosecplace.com/blog/2007/07/22/is-it-surprising-that-people-open-unsolicited-pdf-files/#comment-19534 Nope, it's not surprising to me either, since pdfs have not been one of those historically dangerous file types like a .exe or .msi or something. Even I would be far more amiable to opening a strange pdf, although maybe not on Windows using a default Adobe product since I am a bit paranoid and wouldn't be all that surprised at new malware aimed at such products. Everyone who works with corporate customers should be aware of how to copy and/or edit PDF files. Not because we should be able to do that, but simply because eventually everyone asks the question, "How can I edit this PDF I had sent to me..." D'oh! Nope, it’s not surprising to me either, since pdfs have not been one of those historically dangerous file types like a .exe or .msi or something. Even I would be far more amiable to opening a strange pdf, although maybe not on Windows using a default Adobe product since I am a bit paranoid and wouldn’t be all that surprised at new malware aimed at such products.

Everyone who works with corporate customers should be aware of how to copy and/or edit PDF files. Not because we should be able to do that, but simply because eventually everyone asks the question, “How can I edit this PDF I had sent to me…”

D’oh!

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