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Adobe this week announced the availability of its new Acrobat X Family of products, including Adobe Reader X as well as Acrobat X Suite, Acrobat X Pro, and Acrobat X Standard. In the new release, Adobe added an entirely new security strategy with a new “Protected Mode” for Acrobat Reader.

In its monthly online fraud report, RSA researchers shed some light on the latest evolution of the Zeus Trojan – Zeus 2.1 – which now boasts features that help it avoid analysis and hostile takeover from law enforcement, researchers, or competing cybercriminal organizations.

Majority of Americans Have Abandoned an Online Purchase Due to Security Concerns, Poll FindsAccording to a national poll released today by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), 64 percent of Americans said they have not made an online purchase from a specific website because of security concerns.

Cisco and VMware to Deliver Integrated Virtual Desktop Solution Cisco and VMware this week announced a desktop virtualization solution based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and VMware View 4.5.The solution is aimed at helping customers deploy virtual desktop solutions that scale to meet business needs and regulatory requirements while reducing risk and total cost of ownership.

Dell today announced an encryption solution designed to help companies protect endpoint devices that contain sensitive information. The “Dell Data Protection | Encryption,” solution is a manageable and auditable solution aimed at helping customers simplify data protection and comply with security regulations.

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Stack Provides Toolkit for Key Stakeholders to Implement and Assess Security of Cloud EnvironmentsToday at the CSA Congress in Orlando, Florida, The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the availability of its Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) Stack, an integrated suite of initiative for GRC in the cloud.

Report Lists Top Applications With Security Vulnerabilities But Doesn't Provide a True Representation of Which are Really The Most DangerousA report released this week serves a wake-up call to users and companies, and shows the need to start paying more attention to what software is on (and what versions!) computers and other devices such as smartphones and removable storage devices.

Study Finds Businesses Benefit From Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies but Lack Management ToolsA study released today revealed that many companies are implementing new technologies, but are lacking the appropriate tools to accurately manage performance.

Cookieless Device Identification Technology Helps Businesses Automate Fraud Decisioning Process

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) - What happens when APT Meets industrialization?

Independent audit verifies that AWS meets detailed standards for security best practices and controls Amazon Web Services today announced it has achieved ISO 27001 certification for its AWS infrastructure, data centers and services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).

5.4 percent of all PCs compromised in 2010 were infected with a fake antivirus

AT&T Offers Mobile Device Management Solution from MobileIron to Help Manage and Secure Mobile Devices in the WorkplaceAT&T today announced a new service to help businesses and organizations provide over-the-air protection and control for smartphones being used within an organization.

Report Shows Organizations are Scared and Not Prepared for Effective Response to Security Events

Agentless Integration Kit Lets Service Providers Add Internet Single Sign-On to their Applications via RESTful API Calls