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Is Lumin PDF Editor Safe? Lumin PDF’s Robust New Security Stance and What It Means for Users

Data breaches are nothing new, yet they are never good news. A Lumin PDF security breach in 2019 left many users wondering if Lumin PDF is safe. So, how secure is Lumin PDF? And is the Lumin PDF mobile app safer or is the Lumin PDF editor safe in the web browser, as well?
In a slew of hacker attacks in 2019, cloud-based editing platform Lumin PDF was targeted alongside other large companies and a portion of its database was breached. Ultimately no sensitive user data was compromised, but what has the company changed to prevent a similar breach from happening in the future? We’ll dig into that question and explore how safe your data is in Lumin PDF.
The Lumin PDF data breach and why it happened
Cybercriminals are growing more sophisticated in their tactics to overcome security measures. Data platform Statista reports that 2019 was the biggest year for cyberattacks on the record. A massive 400 billion user records had been compromised by cybercriminals by the end of the year. Among the companies hit were Amazon, Apple, and two third-party data collection providers for Facebook. By comparison, 85.6 million records were exposed in 2014. In spite of evolving security, hackers pose an even bigger threat now than ever.
Many of the attacks that were carried out in 2019 occurred in companies that had been using the MongoDB data storage platform. This platform is widely used by well-known companies from many industries because of its benefits in flexibility, scalability, and query performance.
Yet in the wake of this string of attacks, it became clear that these organizations’ trust in the MongoDB database was misplaced. MongoDB continued to offer a version running outdated instances, meaning that organizations had unintentionally left their servers exposed at some points.
It was these old instances, deployed on the cloud, that weakened the security stance of hacked companies, says Victor Gevers, a GDI Foundation security researcher. "The Mongo databases most vulnerable to attacks are located on the AWS platform," explained Gevers. "About 78% of all these hosts were running known vulnerable versions that are older DB instances." Lack of authentication when operating in shared mode was another problem.
These failings were eventually revealed, but only after hackers had already successfully attacked dozens of companies. The pattern of the attack was the same in nearly every case: the hackers first copied the user data to which they had gained access. Then they deleted the original data from the targeted server and demanded payment in Bitcoin in exchange for returning the data to companies. The data of over 800 million users was essentially held hostage in this way. However, the hackers had more tricks up their sleeve.
Many companies paid the ransom immediately and some of them received their data, as promised. Others did not. The cybercriminals behind the attacks were extorting huge sums of money from desperate companies and leaving the databases of those companies as empty as before. Once news spread of this trick, companies that had been newly attacked began to rethink paying the Bitcoin ransom. Some of them outright refused. Lumin PDF had only non-sensitive user data like name and gender exposed to hackers. The hackers were not able to delete Lumin PDF sensitive data in the security breach. Knowing this, the company made a choice to not cooperate with the hackers.
Later, the hackers expanded their attacks to ElasticSearch, Hadoop, CouchDB, Cassandra, and MySQL servers.

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Following the Lumin PDF data breach, the company has ramped up its security to ensure continued protection for user data. CEO Max Ferguson stresses that Lumin PDF’s safety commitment to users is strong.
"We are continually thinking about how to better protect our data, using techniques like encryption and role-based access control," says Max Ferguson, CEO of Lumin PDF. "Our first move was to implement a multi-layered strategy where data is protected by many strong layers of security technology. Many of the targeted companies are doing the same."
Lumin PDF’s new security stance involves additional measures to secure both users’ personal accounts and the company servers. These include:
- Heightened role-based access control. Lumin has intensified authentication requirements and narrowed access controls to limit the risk of any internal breach.
- Implemented Transport Layer Security. A man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) occurs when a cybercriminal secretly intercepts and/or alters private communications between two parties. Lumin PDF strengthened its encryption following the attack with Transport Layer Security (TLS). This type of encryption ensures that it is safe to allow Lumin PDF access to all files. It has advantages over many others because it utilizes both symmetric encryption and public key encryption to securely send private data and automatically detects and notifies the system if message tampering is suspected.
- Launched multi-layer encryption. Lumin PDF now uses secure session tokens which protect the contents of the database in the event that a hacker succeeds in breaching the first layer of database security.
- Continuous system auditing. Configuring system auditing, audit events can be written either to a syslog connection or to a file. These events can then be sent to a more robust log aggregator or, better yet, to a security information and event management tool (SIEM). A SIEM provides real-time analysis of security events throughout the network to identify malicious activity.
- Increased firewall protection. Lumin PDF has doubled down on its firewall protection around all its servers and database.
- Tightened link sharing policies. To help users avoid accidental document sharing, Lumin PDF now requires users to individually confirm their sharing settings for each file.
With these measures added on top of Lumin PDF’s original security measures, users can use the Lumin PDF viewer safely both on their web browsers and via mobile app.
Digital technology and risk go hand in hand. That’s a fact of the digital world, regardless of security measures in place. Cybercriminals evolve their tactics quickly, which is why cyberattacks continue to happen in spite of security measures. However, there are steps all users can take to ensure the least risk to their data. It’s important to evaluate the security stances of cloud platforms you use and opt for those that frequently review their policies. Lumin PDF has proven the strength of its commitment to transparency and security with its strengthened security policy.
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Read moreDec 15, 2020
Get Creative! How to put text boxes and shapes into a document created in Google Docs
As someone who uses Google Docs for personal necessities and work, you probably want to know more about the online instrument's capacities. It is true that Google has already revolutionized the way people apply simple cloud-based software to create multiple kinds of documentation, presentations, and diagrams.
Read moreOct 20, 2020
Lumin 101 for parents: How to educate your kids at home during quarantine?
As a rule, the suspension of classes does not significantly affect the educational process. Still, during this global shutdown, parents are alarmed and are looking for ways to organize distance learning for their children. The current quarantine falls during a critical period of the school year, especially for high school students preparing to take the SAT.
Read moreOct 19, 2020
How to Blitz Assignments Using Lumin Pro
Often both adults and students find that spending long hours reading textbooks is the best way to become an excellent student. However, research shows that the most successful people spend less time studying than their peers. They do it more intensely. Test preparation can drive you crazy. When do you start preparing? How often do you study? What parts should you cover? But no more pulling your hair out - this article will help you prepare without too much stress. Keep reading to find out how.
Read moreNov 27, 2020
What is a Google PDF Editor? Why do I need one?
A Portable Document Format is now one of the most desirable among users. The initial reason why PDF emerged was due to the need users have for a universal format. Receiving a document, you want to be able to review and print it even if you do not have the software used for the initial creation of the document.
Read moreOct 19, 2020
Too many apps! How online learning uses too many tools (and how to fix it)
Quarantine, which we could not have imagined months ago, has become a reality and a test for everyone - both adults and children. Do you get the impression that after going back to normal, we all might need psychological help? We will continue to work remotely in the coming months, and children and students will study remotely.
Read moreAug 28, 2020
The Best PDF Tools to Improve Productivity While Working from Home
The Lumin PDF team has prepared tips for working from home effectively. Discover PDF Tools you haven't heard about and learn more about Saas to collaborate in the cloud.
Read moreAug 26, 2020
Why E-Sign Matters When Working from Home
Esign has become the magic wand for remote workers. Drawing up a route for the movement of documents is essential for remote workflow. Each document has its lifecycle. Usually, it looks like this: creation - approval - signing. However, at each stage, the document must be approved by any employee before the end of the document flow cycle. Some of the approving persons, in this case, have the right to sign. Understanding the entire chain and responsible persons at each stage will be required to configure the document's route in electronic document management services.
Read moreAug 03, 2020
Why Right Now Is Remote Work's Tipping Point
If the beginning of 2020 taught us anything, it is that flexible working conditions are not a luxury or an advantage that, in principle, you can do without. For everyone who works with digital technology, remote work is what awaits us in the future, not only in the United States but all around the world. While working remotely in many industries has been swiftly introduced due to security measures in various countries, The Guardian and other sources have predicted a "permanent shift" towards working from home. This view is strengthened by the results of multiple surveys and studies that have shown that the upward spike and growing popularity of remote work is a trend that did not emerge yesterday.
Read moreAug 05, 2020
Teaching Remotely In the Fall of 2020? Here Are Seven Tools to Make Your Life Easier
Recent global developments have forced education professionals to quickly adopt IT solutions for continuing the learning process remotely. Thanks to the existing online teacher tools, it is possible to set up class administration, foster collaboration, ease communication, and encourage students to study independently.
Read moreAug 26, 2020
Why converting PDFs online should not be so hard
Many of us have to work with PDF documents in one way or another. Some people need it in the office; others just prefer to exchange documents in PDF format, as it is easy to use and economical in terms of traffic consumption. The problem is that if you need to edit a PDF file, you have to shell out a lump sum since most applications only have viewing functions.
Read moreAug 28, 2020
Need some teaching ideas for online learning?
Electronic resources published on the Internet are used today in almost all spheres of human activity. With their help, the efficiency of engineers and doctors, lawyers, the military, economists, and cultural workers is increased. Modern telecommunication technologies and electronic resources have not spared education either. It's not a secret for anyone that using the Internet is possible when teaching students when organizing extracurricular and scientific research work, in the course of planning and managing the work of an educational institution.
Read moreSep 21, 2020
Here are our favorite new lockdown games we're playing in lockdown
Online lockdown board games during the quarantine. What to play? Despite all the disadvantages of self-isolation, it has one big plus: this is an excellent time to try something new or catch up with things you’ve wanted to do. Read books that have been gathering dust on the shelf for a long time, listen to lecture tapes, watch films, or find a new hobby, such as board lockdown games.
Read moreSep 18, 2020
Check out our top 5 new apps to get you through lockdown
Lockdown is a rub, and it's important to stay not only physically, but also mentally healthy. We give you tips about some apps that could help you get through isolation with joy.
Read moreJul 31, 2020
How to Manage In the Post-COVID World
Every day, something unexpected appears in the news. In these unfortunate times, it is worth bringing together what is already evident. We have managed to formulate and put together a few recommendations for affected business: how to respond to new events, how to communicate them to employees, and how to apply the information received. The virus and its pandemic will end, but what will the world be like after COVID-19? What will change? What will remain the same?
Read moreSep 18, 2020
6 Must-Have PDF Tools for e-Learning
The adoption of e-learning in organizations is on the rise. According to the Association for Talent Development research, it currently consists of 21-40% of the median organization's learning portfolio compared to between 1-20% five years ago.
Read moreSep 21, 2020
The most "2020" apps on the marketplace at the moment
The smartphone is now an integral part of the modern man. But it was the ability to install additional programs that expanded its boundaries. Through our mobile phones, we watch Netflix or YouTube, play Fortnite or Minecraft, and even use it to capture our critical events in life, to share photos on Instagram or Facebook. It's hard to believe that the Android app store didn't exist ten years ago. After all, Google Market, launched in 2008, contained only 50 programs and developed slowly. It was later renamed Google Play, and by early 2020, its volume had grown to 2.8 million apps that changed the way we communicate, express ourselves, and live our lives.
Read moreJul 31, 2020
The Useful Income Statement Template
An income statement is the primary operating report that shows how much profit you have received over a period. With the help of this report, you will learn how to increase your company's profit and better control your finances.
Read moreAug 05, 2020
We Just Added 5 New Features and You're Gonna Love Them
If you often find yourself reading electronic magazines or books, printing, using e-tickets, or instructions, this article is for you. Usually, all of these types of documents are saved in PDF. First of all, it’s important to know that without special software, it is impossible to open a PDF file. PDF (Portable Document Format) is a versatile electronic file format. It is capable of taking information from various desktop publishing applications. It can send formatted documents and transfer them directly to the recipient's monitor or printer, which makes fast and convenient work. PDF can preserve original fonts, images, and graphics without compression. There are already many different programs that can convert files to this format and vice versa.
Read moreAug 05, 2020
11 Remote Work Game-Changers
Thanks to the rapid development of technology, representatives of many professions can quickly move to innovate working from home. There can be a massive number of reasons for this: the creation of specialized remote teams, repairs in the office, or temporary measures to prevent viral diseases, as is happening now. In light of recent events, even such a corporate giant as Google is sending its employees to "remote locations." Many global companies, including Amazon and Facebook, have adopted remote working technology.
Read moreSep 22, 2020
Are you doing a last-minute reference check?
Information noise, constant media wars, and an abundance of fakes make the work of a journalist committed to high-quality standards in the profession unbearably tricky today. How can we check facts in our challenging digital age?
Read moreAug 07, 2020
Loan contract template promo
In fulfillment of the loan contract, the bank or other credit organization (lender) undertakes to issue certain funds (credit) to the borrower on the terms and in the amount provided for by the loan contract. In turn, the borrower is obligated to return the loan received within the prescribed period and pay interest on it. The rules stipulated by the regulations of the loan contract apply when something else is not provided for by law and does not follow from the essence of the contract.
Read moreAug 05, 2020
9 Tools Every Remote Team Needs
Remote working has been gaining more popularity. It is estimated that by 2025 nearly half of the US labor force will, fully or partially, work on a remote basis. Europe and other regions are very likely to catch up with this international trend.
Read moreMay 29, 2020
How to e-Sign a Document In 90 Seconds
With nearly every aspect of business digitized, it’s almost crazy that most professionals are still signing documents the old-fashioned way. Yet time and time again, you’re subjected to document gymnastics every time you need to sign off on a digital document. PDF is the most common file type for contracts that are delivered virtually, but signing off on them can feel more complicated than the contract itself!
Read moreJul 01, 2020
Why Downtime Is Your Employees Biggest Resource
Every business owner holds the image of a perfectly running team, where each email is promptly replied to, every project finishes under budget, and someone comes to your desk with a game-changing idea twice a week.
Read moreMay 29, 2020
5 Small Business Podcasts to Listen to During Lockdown
It’s several weeks into lockdown and you’ve already binged everything worth watching on Netflix, cultivated your inner chef, and come about as close to being a virologist as you’re going to get. How are you going to pass the time now?
Read moreJul 01, 2020
Want to Get Your Business More Profitable This Year? Try Going Paperless
Technology gives businesses powerful tools to stand out from the crowd. Investing in technology for the sake of technology won’t make any impact on your bottom line.
Read moreMay 29, 2020