COMMENT Passing the buck is a game at which Microsoft is adept. In the computer security industry, one needs to have tons of chutzpah to hold others responsible for one's own security stuff-ups.

You can accuse Microsoft of many things but you can never accuse the company of being short on chutzpah.

Exploits through removable devices have overtaken Trojans as the most prevalent methods of infections to watch out for in the latest security report from BitDefender, and the Trojan.clicker.CM has dropped away in the past month as the number one global e-threat.

The creator of the first iPhone worm has been hired by an iPhone development company.

The Clicker adware trojan is the most widespread threat on the Web right now possibly due to it regaining popularity as an infection tool of choice.

The infamous Conficker worm first spread its malicious infection across the Internet more than eight years ago and just last month it shot back into prominence, infecting 43 percent of machines in use worldwide in the space of four weeks and, for good measure, it now installs rogue security software on compromised machines.

What's the one word that comes to mind when people discuss worms, viruses, spyware, malware and botnets?

Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.      

Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.

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