Unknown attackers have tried to use an invitation to a prestigious conference to inject a trojan into companies in the defence sector.  The security firms Seculert and Zscaler report that opening an attached PDF flyer caused recipients' computers to be infected with spyware via a previously undisclosed hole in Acrobat Reader.

According to the report, the attack mainly targeted government-related organisations, including military and aerospace contractors, in Europe and in the US.

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