Again Didier Stevens demonstrates the danger that comes along with PDF files. In his blog he showed how easy it is to spread malicious PDF files in order to search-and-send confidential information to the Internet. His example shows, how he exploited a computer with a PDF file that automatically uploaded a file named budget.xls to Pastebin.com.
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From Sebastian Klipper
"Conflict Management for Security Professionals"
How to escape the scapegoat image as a Security Officer
2010, Vieweg+Teubner-Verlag
From Sebastian Klipper
"Information Security Risk Management"
Risk Management with ISO/IEC 27001, 27005 and ISO/IEC 31010
2010, Vieweg+Teubner-Verlag
Coming in 2011:
5 headlines for the front pages of HAKIN9 and <kes>.
He used a 2008 vulnerability:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/