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• Google Wallet: A brewing battle between Verizon and Google

  Verizon Wireless is thwarting the use of the Google Wallet mobile payment app, at least for now, on the coming Galaxy Nexus smartphone running on Verizon's 4G LTE network.

• Adobe confirms critical Flash zero-day bug

  For the second time in the last four weeks, Adobe has told users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, again by embedding malicious code inside a Microsoft Office document.

• Microsoft to boost Office 2003, 2007 security

  Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would backport an Office 2010 security feature to the older and more widely used Office 2003 and Office 2007 early next year.

• Adobe launches 'sandboxed' Reader X

  Adobe today released Reader X, the next version of its popular software that includes a "sandbox" designed to protect users from PDF attacks.

• Mozilla quashes 12 Firefox bugs

  Mozilla on Tuesday patched 12 vulnerabilities in Firefox, including a second patch for a "binary planting" problem in Windows that researchers publicized last year.

• 'Unprecedented wave' of Java exploits hits users, says Microsoft

  Microsoft said Monday that an "unprecedented wave" of attacks are exploiting vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java software.

• Adobe hits Reader users with 23-patch 'whammy'

  Adobe patched 23 security vulnerabilities in its Reader PDF viewer on Tuesday, most of them critical, including one that has been exploited by hackers for at least a month or possibly much longer.

• Adobe sounds alarm on Flash zero-day attacks

  Less than a week after warning users that hackers were exploiting an unpatched bug in its Reader PDF viewer, Adobe said on Monday that Flash, its other prominent program, was also under fire.

• 40 Windows apps contain critical bug, says researcher

  About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, a security researcher said Wednesday.

• Zero-day Windows bug problem worse than first thought, says expert

  An unpatched problem with Windows applications is much worse than first thought, with hundreds of programs, not just 40, vulnerable to attack, a Slovenian security company said today.

• Adobe to patch Reader zero-day bug Thursday

  Adobe said today that it would patch a critical Reader vulnerability on Thursday.

• Adobe to beef up PDF security with Reader sandboxing

  Adobe Systems Inc. today announced that it will harden the next version of its popular Reader PDF viewer, a frequent target of attacks, by adding "sandboxing" technology to the software.