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• First iPhone antivirus app released

  Paris-based computer security firm Intego late last week said it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset.

• Barbed search terms threaten Web users

  A million search queries have been "poisoned" at dozens of well-known Web sites over the past several weeks, according to security analyst Dancho Danchev.

• MySpace profile mimics Microsoft security update

  Clicking the fraudulent update could install malicious code on your desktop.

• Data on 2.9 million Georgians goes missing

  A CD containing personal information on Georgia residents in the US has gone missing, according to the Georgia state Department of Community Health.

• Windows zero-day flaw gets a fix

  Microsoft on Tuesday in the US issued five security bulletins with fixes for eight flaws, including a "critical" zero-day vulnerability in Windows that also affects Vista.

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• Second third-party fix out for Windows bug

  For the second time in as many weeks a group of security professionals has released a third-party fix for a Windows flaw that is actively being used in cyberattacks.

• Symantec sees Achilles' heel in Vista

  Some of Microsoft's efforts to make Windows Vista its most stable and secure operating system ever could cause instability and new security flaws, according to a Symantec report.

• Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adware

  New coalition to name companies that sneak ads and spying programs onto computers of unsuspecting Web surfers.

• Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE

  But security firm also finds that Microsoft's IE is the only browser widely exploited by hackers today.

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• Apple updates Mac OS to squash bugs

  Apple Computer on Tuesday in the US released an update for its Mac OS X that repairs several security flaws and includes feature updates.

• Border patrol for Internet Explorer

  A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.

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