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The total number of US customer records compromised as a result of security blunders has hit the 100m milestone.

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.

LONDON (Reuters) - Computer hackers will open a new front in the multi-billion pound "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace, security experts predict.

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.

LONDON (Reuters) - Organized gangs have adopted "KGB-style" tactics to hire high-flying computer students to commit Internet crime, a report said on Friday.

A week after Windows Vista's official launch hackers have devised their first attack, targeting pirates trying to install illegal copies of Microsoft's operating system.

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.