	{"id":88,"date":"2008-02-06T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/2008\/02\/06\/acrobat-reader-security-update-shh-its-a-secret\/"},"modified":"2008-02-06T18:38:46","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T16:38:46","slug":"acrobat-reader-security-update-shh-its-a-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/acrobat-reader-security-update-shh-its-a-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrobat Reader Security Update &#8211; Shh! It&#8217;s a Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When most vendors release security updates to their software, they tell users what is being fixed. Not Adobe; they&#8217;ve just released a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/support\/downloads\/detail.jsp?ftpID=3854\">security update for Acrobat Reader<\/a>, version 8.1.2, and they say it &#8220;addresses a number of customer workflow issues and security vulnerabilities&#8221;, without giving any more information. 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