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Adobe has issued a security advisory about a “critical” vulnerability in its Flash Player and Adobe Reader and Acrobat products that it says could let attackers take control of people’s computers.

The company said late Friday that there had been reports of the hole actually being exploited and that an official patch was not yet available.

Affected software includes:

• Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2, 9.0.262, and earlier 10.0.x and 9.0.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris
• Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix

via Adobe reports ‘critical’ flaw in Flash, Acrobat | Security – CNET News.

In a statement, T-Mobile said it is working to get its service back up and running.

“T-Mobile customers may be experiencing service disruptions impacting voice and data,” the company said in a statement. “Our rapid response teams have been mobilized to restore service as quickly as possible. We will provide updates as more information is available.”

The above was at 8:00 pm Atlanta time.

Update 6:24 p.m. PT: T-Mobile issued an updated statement saying it now believes only 5 percent of customers are experiencing outages.

via T-Mobile experiencing widespread outage | Beyond Binary – CNET News.

Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free antivirus software soon, according to a note sent to testers late Sunday.

via Microsoft to release free security software soon | Security – CNET News.

There are articles in the below that nicely summarize the DDoS attack that affected Twitter (and other services) last week:

Security Weekly.