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Adobe vulnerability covered

Cyber crooks can no longer exploit online security vulnerabilities in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat programmes to expose end users to online threats thanks to new patches.

Adobe has released fixes to cater for the critical flaw highlighted a few days ago in Adobe Reader 9.1, Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions, which could have resulted in the application crashing.

The weakness could have also allowed a cyber crook to take control of the affected system but the new patch, which users of the programme are advised to take advantage of, eliminates this threat.

Elsewhere, Apple has also issued a security update to cater for a range of issues on its Leopard operating system, which those running it may also want to hasten to patch.

Online security experts recommend taking advantage of all patches that are released, as well as ensuring computers are protected by up-to-date internet security software or anti-virus software and fully functional firewalls.

Recent research from Qualys Inc found that as many as 20 per cent of all computers fail to take advantage of security patches.

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