SANS Internet Storm Center reported about new Microsoft Live Messenger Trojan that spreadin via network. First one is spreading with message from someone on your buddy list. Message is:

“Hot or Not? hxxp://mymsngallery.my.funpic de/viewimage.php?youremail@someplace.com”

or

“this really looks like you hxxp://mymsngallery.my.funpic de/viewimage.php?youremail@someplace.com”

Where youremail@someplace.com is your mail address. If you follow the link executable file tries to install on the computer. It is advised not to follow any links of such type and inform your online friends about this threat.

Secunia PSI application reported that 81% computers connected to the Internet runs critical versions of Adobe Reader, Apple QuickTime, Sun Java and Skype software. To be more precise versions of those programs are Adobe Reader 8.x, Apple QuickTime 7.x, Sun Java 1.5.x and Skype 3.x are vulnerable to various attacks and users are advised that upgrade them to newer versions as soon as possible.

Microsoft last Thursday released notice about its February collection of patches including seven critical flaws in Vista, Internet Explorer and Office. Most of them cover remote code executions vulnerabilities and most notable is Excel zero day vulnerability issued last month. All of these issues will be patched in February 12 Tuesday patch.