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Released last June 30 for public download, Mozilla will soon release its first patch on mid-to-late July to fix several bugs and "topcrashes".

Yahoo! Mail is up-to-date in filtering email with subject line connected to Michael Jackson's death as a spam. Replying to a spam email will then confirm that the email address is active and will be used by spammers in their future activity. Even receiving a forwarded message (see above screenshot) is likely to be cautioned as well and advised not to open such if it came from a unknown sender.

Think again. Visit this article from Computer World. Users are warned to scan virgin systems for malware before connecting them to the Internet as advised by Kaspersky Labs Researchers.

To ensure that a new PC is malware-free, Schouwenberg recommended that before users connect the machine to the Internet, they install security software, update it by retrieving the latest definition file on another computer and transferring that update to the new system, then running a full antivirus scan.

"That's the best course of action, even though it sounds like a lot of work," said Schouwenberg.

As recorded by Zone-h, a total of 100 government sites was defaced yesterday (May 21) by 3 known foreign hackers: ISCN Team, Cyber-Hero and Black.Spook. Black.Spook rooted 91 sites, 6 sites by Cyber-Hero and 3 sites by ISCN Team. All of these defaced sites were running FreeBSD servers.

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