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Adobe Flash vulnerability allows attack via malicious PDF file

Symantec Wednesday said it has identified a PDF file that exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in an Adobe Flash multi-media component. Read full story

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Apple takes legal heel off throat of wiki operator
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July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31.

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