After an inordinate and completely unacceptable delay, Adobe has finally issued a patch for two Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. This betrays a cavalier attitude toward security and is far too late, in my opinion, to reverse the advice to find one of the free alternative PDF readers, such as Foxit Reader.
At the same time, Apple has fixed a whopping 67 security issues in their OS-X operating system. What struck me about this headline is that there would have been a major outcry all over the net as well as in the print and television media had the corporation in question been Microsoft.
See also: Update on Updates at the F-Secure AntiVirus Blog.
