ID thieves have a 50-50 chance of going to prison; Adobe patches critical PDF vulnerability

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Oct 24, 20072 mins

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ID thieves have a 50-50 chance of going to prison, 10/23/07: If you’re a convicted identity thief, you’ve got about a 50% chance of avoiding jail time.

Adobe patches critical PDF vulnerability, 10/22/07: Adobe patched its Reader and Acrobat programs today to fix a flaw that exposed most Windows XP users to exploits arriving in malicious PDF files.

Details of hijacked 24/7 ad server emerge, 10/22/07: Hackers have hijacked a server operated by Internet advertising company 24/7 Real Media and are using it to seed legitimate Web sites with ads carrying attack code, Symantec said Friday.

Controversial cybersecurity plan gets legal review, 10/23/07: The notion of removing the security perimeter around corporate information – a concept known as deperimeterization – expounded by the Jericho Forum has been a hot technology debate, but now what could be controversial legal aspects of it are being brought up as well.

Port80 Software announces Web app firewall for IIS 7: ServerDefender VP, will protect enterprises from the top 20 Internet Security Attack targets listed by SANS.

How to lock up laptop security, 10/22/07: Even before her state of California put a stake in the ground regarding public disclosure of data breaches, Christy Quinlan could see the wisdom in encrypting client data on mobile devices.