BitDefender, Trend Micro and Check Point must be updated before working with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is the warning coming from Microsoft.

The ETA for this major update is three weeks. An updated list (which
includes BitDefender AV and BitDefender Internet Security, version 10;
Trend Micro Internet Security 2008; Zone Alarm Security Suite, version
7.1.078; and Jiangmin KV Antivirus, versions 10 and 2008) of
third-party software that doesn't work with Vista SP1 showed that some
security suites will be excluded from launching once with the
installation of the service pack.

Once with the idea of collaborating with other software makers, Microsoft changed its business practices. It included, among the future partners, the other software providers and the open-source communities in the same time. More than this, the company’s executives elaborated new strategies and announced a proper documentation, in order to help these partnerships.

Microsoft maintains the announcement that Vista is the most secure version of Windows it has ever released. According to the company the security of Vista is superior to that of XP. This is partially owed to the introduction of User Account Control (UAC), intended to prevent users logged in without administrator rights continuously encountering restrictions.

Skype's web control opens a door to attacks. This was dug up by a security researcher called Aviv Raff who revealed a vulnerable side of Skype which would allow malicious code intrusion giving certain conditions. This is possible because the program utilizes Internet Explorer to render internal and external HTML, but does so using "Local Zone" security settings.

An important advice is that concerning the using of an adequate security system when visiting MySpace.com: be aware of the false Microsoft updates.The specialists from the security vendor McAfee informed that a Trojan Horse program could be easily downloaded if the customers don’t pay enough attention. It is hidden in a Microsoft update and it is using a hacked MySpace profile.

Secunia Alarms : over 95% of PCs contain one or more programs vulnerable to attack and this surprising statistics followed a study on computer vulnerability. ComputerWorld informs us that a vulnerability tracking company has reported that almost all Windows computers are probably using at least one unpatched application. According to the company four out of ten PCs have on them installed about 11 programs presenting high risk exposure.

Over the past weeks persistent warnings have been issued linked to a puzzling bot-creation system called Nugache, which for many announces a second Storm.

Some of its features offer enough reasons for concern such as its P2P design which implies the lack of IRC channel as a bot system. The absence of IRC channel which is basically used for command and control makes tracking and blocking very difficult. Its stealthiness and sneakiness are nothing but remarkable and its activity is amazingly concealed due to a high degree of encryption.

Here we are now entertaining…What’s the new craze you ask? Well, music and movies on demand might give you the answer. This was definitely one of the most upfront trends in 2007.

To support this idea here’s quite an impressive statistic: distribution of video-on-demand through cable and broadband networks materialized this year worldwide into a $1.1 billion business.

By 2012, according to industry experts, this business will come to a 35 per cent annual increase, that is a $5 billion worth business , taking market share away from DVD retailers, an important change that service providers, like cable, satellite and direct to home players have already acknowledged.

As recent researches have showed there seems to be an enlarged activity on ports directed to Windows Media Player and Winamp, a token that attackers are making efforts to screen machines for a new codec vulnerability.

The security firm Secunia, pointed out the weak features that make the players vulnerable – they are to be found in 3ivx Technologies' MPEG-4 codec, a necessary compatibility application used to create and play back MP4 files.

Harsh criticism has targeted VoIP company Skype both for its handling of a critical security hole and supposedly ignoring users' bug reports.Skype has managed to fix quite a serious security gap in the latest version of its Windows VoIP software, which could have had bad consequences for PC users as it would have made possible for some fraudulent websites to load and run malicious code.