Acrobat Users: Don't Install Third-Party Security Patch

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• Acrobat Users: Don't Install Third-Party Security Patch
• MPs call for changes to Digital Economy Act
• AVG to help students battle Facebook status jacking
• Google patches Chrome second time this month
• Researchers issue homemade patch for PDF zero-day bug
• Is Stuxnet the 'best' malware ever?
• Study recommends reporting e-voting machine defects to national database
• Inside Intel's security organization
• Encryption patent battle could affect database security
• JPMorgan Chase deposits blame, sort of, for outage
• Apple patches months-old QuickTime bugs

Acrobat Users: Don't Install Third-Party Security Patch Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT After warning users earlier this week of a potential security risk in their popular Acrobat PDF software, Adobe is now cautioning users against installing a third-party patch that claims to address the issue. The vulnerability, detailed on Adobe's site, affects all versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader for various OSes, including Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Android.

MPs call for changes to Digital Economy Act Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT A group of MPS, lead by Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert, are lobbying the government to amend the Digital Economy Act.

AVG to help students battle Facebook status jacking Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT AVG has launched an online campaign to help university students combat Facebook status jacking.

Google patches Chrome second time this month Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Google patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome this week, including one pegged critical on the Mac.

Researchers issue homemade patch for PDF zero-day bug Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Research firm RamzAfzar this week issued a home-brewed patch that appears to fix a critical bug in the popular Adobe Reader software.

Is Stuxnet the 'best' malware ever? Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Experts say the Stuxnet malware is groundbreaking technology that may have been created with the backing of a government.

Study recommends reporting e-voting machine defects to national database Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT A report released this week by the non-partisan Brennan Center at New York University School of Law recommends the creation of a national database for reporting and storing information on e-voting machine defects.

Inside Intel's security organization Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT The "Here You Have" e-mail virus that ripped across the Internet last week didn't leave Intel unscathed: The 80,000-plus employee company had 4,400 employees click on the malware and wound up with 400 infected machines.

Encryption patent battle could affect database security Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Data security vendor Protegrity has added new names to a lengthening list of companies it wants to sue over alleged violation of its encryption patents.

JPMorgan Chase deposits blame, sort of, for outage Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT JPMorgan Chase is trying to move past three days of problems on its online banking site with an apology and an explanation that seems to put the cause on a third party.

Apple patches months-old QuickTime bugs Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Apple patched a critical vulnerability in QuickTime on Wednesday that was reported to the company by a bug bounty program months ago.

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