Category Archives: Foxit PDF Reader

Researchers Find New Hack to Read Content Of Password Protected PDF Files

Looking for ways to unlock and read the content of an encrypted PDF without knowing the password?Well, that's now possible, sort of—thanks to a novel set of attacking techniques that could allow attackers to access the entire content of a password-protected or encrypted PDF file, but under some specific circumstances.Dubbed PDFex, the new set of techniques includes two classes of attacks

Foxit PDF Software Company Suffers Data Breach—Asks Users to Reset Password

If you have an online account with Foxit Software, you need to reset your account password immediately—as an unknown attacker has compromised your personal data and log-in credentials.Foxit Software, a company known for its popular lightweight Foxit PDF Reader and PhantomPDF applications being used by over 525 million users, today announced a data breach exposing the personal information of