A former security guard at a General Motors Corp.'s technical center has been charged with stealing documents containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 100 GM employees. The ex-employee, James S. Green of Washington Township, Mich., is charged with eight counts of obtaining, possessing or transferring personal identity information and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.

Adobe discloses Flash vulnerability

Adobe Systems Inc. has patched several critical vulnerabilities in its Flash media player that could be used by attackers to take over an affected system. Microsoft Corp., which distributes the Flash software with its Windows operating system, also warned customers about the bugs. The vulnerabilities can be found in Flash Player, Breeze Meeting and Shockwave.

Red Hat outlines virtualization plans

Red Hat Inc. plans to integrate Xen virtualization technologies into the next version of its Linux operating system. The company said it will provide a preview of the technologies in Fedora Core 5, slated to ship by the end of this month. The technology will be included in Version 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux later this year.