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Microsoft is planning to issue at least nine security fixes this month.

The 11 August patch release will address issues in Windows, Office, Visual Studio and the Client for Mac software.

Five of the nine planned fixes have been rated ‘critical’, meaning that an attacker could remotely compromise a system and spread malware without user notification or interaction.

Only three of the five critical flaws affect Windows Vista, XP and Server 2008 users. Windows 2000 and Server 2003 are vulnerable to four of the flaws. The fifth critical vulnerability affects Office XP, 2003 and the Client for Mac component…

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Is it time to put Conficker in the history books? Is Conficker really a dud? The truth is, nobody knows. Conficker gained so much attention in part because of the sheer number of computers it was able to infect. But nobody knows for sure what Conficker can accomplish. However, at the time of this writing no Conficker-related catastrophes have surfaced and some think the threat never will. So as attention shifts away from Conficker, it’s important to know where we stand against the world’s most famous piece of malware…

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Sunbelt Software has released a free command-line version of its popular VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware utility.

This scanner, intended for use on systems where malware interferes with GUI-based security products, runs in a Windows 2000/XP/Vista command prompt or in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. It uses the same scanning engine and malware definitions as the full VIPRE product. To ensure up-to-date definitions users should download the product anew before each use…

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F-Secure and Fortinet are investigating a newly discovered mobile malware identified as SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm or “Sexy View”. The malware is affecting S60 3rd Edition series devices, and has a valid certificate signed by Symbian tricking the mobile device user into thinking it’s a legitimate application. In terms of propagation, “Sexy View” propagates by collecting all the phone numbers from the infected device, and then SMS-es itself to all of them including a link to a web site hosting a copy of it.

SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm is the second mobile malware detected in the wild for 2009, followed by last month’s discovery of Trojan-SMS.Python.Flocker by Kaspersky Labs. A trend, a fad, or opportunists experimenting for mobile malware’s prime time in 2009?…

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Internet attack trackers and antivirus companies warn that a flaw in Internet Explorer 7 (but not earlier versions) that Microsoft just patched last week is under attack in the wild. The attacks appear to be targeted and small-scale right now, but will likely grow.

Trend Micro describes a somewhat roundabout attack that starts with an e-mailed .doc file that, when opened, exploits the MS09-002 vulnerability to download and install remote-control backdoor malware.

Trend writes that this approach is likely part of a targeted attack. Such assaults typically involve more legwork on the part of crooks to construct a realistic spam message that may appear to come from a co-worker, for instance, and have a poisoned .doc or other file attached…

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A service launched this week unblocks Caller ID information that the caller thinks is blocked, causing concern among those who help abused women.

TrapCall.com lets people rig some AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA phones so that if a call comes in with blocked Caller ID and is rejected, it rings again, this time displaying the number of the caller.

The basic service if free. The Web site charges for plans with more advanced services, like call recording and Caller ID with name.

The Web site said the service can be useful for people who get harassing phone calls…

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A federal judge has ruled against a US couple who accused Google of invading their privacy by publishing a Street View picture of their house in the Internet giant’s free online map service.

US magistrate judge Amy Reynolds Hay on Tuesday rejected the couple’s claims that Google owed them cash damages for using a picture of their Pennsylvania property snapped from a private road.

Google uses cars equipped with cameras to drive about taking 360-degree images it weaves into its mapping service in a Street View feature that provides online glimpses of selected locations.

In April of last year, Aaron and Christine Boring of Pennsylvania filed suit charging Google with trespass, negligence, invasion of privacy, and unjustly enriching itself by profiting from the photo of their property…

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More than 4,000 web users every day are being infected by the Pinch Trojan, even though its creators are now behind bars, says Prevx.

According to the security fim, a new version of the malware is penetrating existing antivirus software and then hides on a PC, stealing sensitive personal data such as bank account log-ins and passwords.

Prevx says that currently the Trojan is affecting web users in the US and South America with under 25 percent of those infected based in the UK…

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Yahoo has taken new steps to sharpen its Webmail service’s antispam capabilities, including the adoption of two commercial technologies and the testing of an open-source system, the company said Tuesday.

Abaca announced that Yahoo will use its e-mail security technology designed to detect malicious phishing and spam messages and filter them out of Yahoo Mail inboxes.

Meanwhile, Return Path said separately that Yahoo will implement its Complaint Feedback Loop, a service that notifies legitimate e-mail marketers whenever end users tag their messages as spam, so that they can investigate why, such as using an incorrect mailing list, and take corrective action…

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