Google Patch Adobe Vulnerability Monday, March 21, 2011, 10:43:01 AM Google (GOOG) announced today that it has patched the Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader vulnerabilities in Chrome, however, other will have to wait for an official Adobe fix. The ‘zero-day’ vulnerability embeds a malicious Flash file in an Excel document which, if opened, can compromise Windows-based computers. However, Microsoft says that machines running Office 2010 are protected by a security system called data execution prevention

A WHIR reader survey showed hosts split on hosting a controversial site like WikiLeaks (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Although it launched more than four years ago, 2010 was the year WikiLeaks became a household name. The controversial whistle-blower website had its most memorable year yet, playing out like the plot of a Tom Clancy novel

Adobe Warns Of Reader, Flash Player Flaws Adobe is revving its engines after being made aware of yet another PDF security vulnerability in Adobe Reader, which could potentially enable malicious hackers to execute remote code or launch denial of service attacks on unsuspecting users.

Researchers issue homemade patch for PDF zero-day bug A little-known security firm on Wednesday released a home-brewed patch for a critical bug in Adobe Reader that hackers are already exploiting.

Adobe Warns Of Attack Exploiting Zero Day Flaw Adobe warned Wednesday that a zero day vulnerability in both Reader and Acrobat is being actively exploited for attacks in the wild. The exploit, which Adobe categorized with the highest severity rating of “critical,” was distributed via a phishing attack, indicated by the e-mail subject line “David Leadbetter’s One Point Lesson.” The attack affects the latest versions of Acrobat and Reader — Adobe Reader 9.3.4, 8.2.4 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac and UNIX, as well as Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions for both Windows and Mac. ..

New Zero-Day Attack Riddles Adobe Reader Adobe software is everywhere. It’s even more ubiquitous than Windows, and perhaps even more vulnerable to hacker schemes. The latest threat, which comes disguised as a golf lesson, consists of code that “can do almost whatever it wants,” said ESET’s Randy Abrams

Netbooks are like, SO last year. This year, computing is all about the tablet