Private investment firm buys Blue Coat for $1.3B

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• Private investment firm buys Blue Coat for $1.3B
• Security roundup: Lockheed Martin sounds alarm on Adobe Reader zero-day; Microsoft patchfest coming
• Small company, big security challenges
• Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks
• Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player
• Flash Banner design tips

Private investment firm buys Blue Coat for $1.3B Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:29 PM PST Blue Coat Systems has agreed to be bought by a private equity firm for about $1.3 billion, which will buy out shareholders for a 48% premium over what the company's stock sold for yesterday.

Security roundup: Lockheed Martin sounds alarm on Adobe Reader zero-day; Microsoft patchfest coming Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:02 PM PST When Adobe last week issued an advisory about a dangerous zero-day attack based on an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability that was being exploited in the wild to try and seize control of both PCs and Macs, it credited Lockheed Martin for sounding the alarm about it.

Small company, big security challenges Posted: 08 Dec 2011 09:10 PM PST Small company, big ambitions. Sounds like the classic entrepreneurial dream--but what if it means you bear the burden of big-company regulatory or standards compliance?

Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST A U.S. district court in Texas has dismissed all but one of the claims by several banks against Heartland Payment Systems over a massive data breach the payment processor disclosed almost three years ago.

Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Adobe's Flash Player can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, according to advisories from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various security research companies.

Flash Banner design tips Posted: 09 Dec 2011 11:48 PM PST An effective banner design can make the difference between an unsuccessful and successful banner ad campaign. At Grantastic Designs, we have found that the following banner design tips can increase CTRs (click through ratios) and resulting sales. We hope these tips help you.

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