Watch out for Microsoft Instant Messaging

If you use Microsoft's Instant Messaging, you should know that there is a new worm out there "in the wild" that is propagating via this facility. See Techweb: http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/49900742 for an article on this outbreak.
The current worm is fairly low on the threat level as it "only" points you at some Chinese porn sites - but if history is any indication the fact that the current version does anything means that someone else will subvert it even farther to do something truly nasty.

As an aside and in the vein of the first part of this newsletter, the use of "public" instant messaging is a potential (and very real) security and privacy hole in any business. There are programs available which will create private and encrypted IM facilities that you may use with complete safety if you must converse via the Internet about business matters.

Keep it safe and secure out there