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WASHINGTON - The US government vowed to aggressively combat a rise in the foreign theft of trade secrets Wednesday amid mounting concerns over recent hacking attacks allegedly emanating from China.

Adobe on Wednesday issued patches to address recently disclosed security vulnerabilities in its Adobe Reader and Acrobat products that were found being actively exploited in the wild in targeted attacks. 

Trusteer's new exploit prevention platform protects enterprises from zero-day and social engineering attacks from successfully compromising endpoints.

WASHINGTON - Amid rising concern over alleged cyber crime originating from China, the White House will unveil a new plan Wednesday to help US firms thwart the theft of billions of dollars in trade secrets.

Discussions on making the Internet as secure as possible began alongside the growth of the Internet. And we’re still having those discussions because, as the Internet has evolved, so have the ways of securing it. Every aspect of the Internet calls for a unique means of being secured. As one example, let me address Internet security and domain names.

FireMon, a provider of security management and risk analysis solutions, this week announced the latest version of its security policy and posture management solution, Security Manager Version 7.0.

In a report from the AP, citing sources close to the plans, the U.S. will start taking more-aggressive steps against China in the wake of mounting evidence that says the PLA has been conducting systemic cyberattacks against government data and corporate secrets.

In a blog post on the company’s war against scams and spam, Google announced on Tuesday that they’ve worked-up a method that is stopping nearly all of the attacks aimed at Gmail account holders. According to the data, only .3% of the malicious or potentially unwanted messages are hitting inboxes.

BEIJING - China's defense ministry Wednesday rebuffed a report linking its People's Liberation Army to sophisticated cyberattacks on US firms, saying there was no internationally agreed definition of hacking.

F5 Networks on Tuesday announced a new solution for mobile application management to help organizations support enterprise BYOD initiatives, while giving employees more control over their personal data.

When it comes to mobility, some businesses are more willing to embrace it than others.

WASHINGTON - The United States and China on Tuesday traded charges over cyberattacks after a security firm alleged that Beijing controled hackers who have penetrated the US government, companies and media.

A rogue Google Chrome extension, a fake version of Adobe Flash Player and some Facebook "Likes" are at the center of a scam recently uncovered by researchers at Bitdefender.

WASHINGTON - Hackers referencing hip-hop acts took over US automaker Jeep's Twitter account Tuesday in an attack not unlike one the day before that targeted fast food chain Burger King. "The official Twitter handle for the Jeep® -- Just Empty Every Pocket," read the revised profile at @Jeep that claimed the Chrysler division had been sold to General Motors' luxury brand Cadillac.

Apple on Tuesday acknowledged that Mac OS X computers at the Cupertino, California-based company were attacked and infected with malware. The attack is assumed to be the same one Facebook acknowledged on Friday that it fell victim to, which used zero-day exploit taking advantage of a flaw in Oracle’s Java software.

Stormpath, a cloud-based authentication and user management, formally launched its service on Tuesday, and at the same time announced that it has raised $8.2 million in new financing.

Deep Inside Your Network: The Reality of Advanced Threats and the Technology Needed to Fight ThemSo far this year, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Bloomberg News joined the ranks of U.S. defense contractors, leading Internet and energy companies penetrated by hackers using advanced threats and targeted attacks.

China's PLA Controls Hackers: US IT Security FirmReport Says China Hackers Increasingly Focused on Companies Involved in US Critical Infrastructure, Including Electrical Power Grid, Gas Lines and Water Systems.

APT1: Mandiant Exposes One of China's Most Active Cyber Espionage Units

The Burger King slogan to "Have it Your Way" probably was not meant as an invitation for hackers, but apparently there are those who disagree. Earlier today, Burger King's Twitter account was compromised to promote McDonald's, one of its chief rivals in the fast food business. Burger King did not respond to a request for comment by SecurityWeek about the incident before publication.