Foxit Corp. (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/), a provider of solutions for reading, editing, creating, organizing, securing PDF documents and eReader devices, has announced an upcoming security patch for its Foxit Reader. The upcoming Foxit Reader enhances PDF document security that is currently being used to compromise iPhone/iPad devices.

Foxit is taking a proactive measure in securing its 100 million PDF Reader users against the iPhone/iPad jailbreaking application that utilizes malicious PDFs to hack the systems of unsuspecting users, according to , says Alex Alexander, AVP, corporate marketing for Foxit. Hackers are now trying to use these malicious PDF’s to access sensitive data on desktops. Foxit expects the release to occur within the next 10 days.