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Microsoft issued seven patches on Tuesday - one more than expected - as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update cycle. Three of the updates earn the dreaded rating of critical.

Organised criminal gangs are beginning to recruit would-be hackers straight from universities, and in some cases are even sponsoring them financially, according to a report from security company McAfee.

eEye Digital Security has launched a website that tracks publicly released security bugs that don't have an official patch, also known as zero-day flaws.

Symantec's integration with Veritas in the UK has run into computer problems, leaving many Symantec customers unable to renew their corporate anti-virus licenses and large numbers of computers unprotected.

The politics of unwanted email is changing with China set to overtake the US any day now as the originator of most Irish inbox clutter.