Do you have a lot of MP3 files stored on your laptops and notebooks? If you do, you might want to be careful on docking removable flash drives on them because there is currently a low-risk malware that goes after music files prowling the net.

One, now, couldn't help but wonder as to why the creators of this worm would come up with such program. Senior technology consultant Graham Cluley from security vendor Sophos PLC had this to say, "The authors of this worm are more likely to be teenage mischief makers than the organized criminal gangs we typically see authoring financially-motivated malware these days".

The technology assistant then reminded the public how viruses spread from computer to computer decades ago through floppy disks. Cluley commented that the objective for having the malware spread using flash drives is probably to "bypass e-mail filters and Web gateway filters that block malicious software".

Furthermore, computer software company Symantec Corporation now refers to this malware as W32.Deletemusic. It added that the program copies itself to all drives on a PC, not to mention it creating an autorun file to start itself whenever a user accesses a drive.

W32.Deletemusic affects PC units running on Windows 2000, 95, 98, Me, NT, Server 2003, XP and Vista.

Two security researchers are trying to find bugs in Apple's OS X, just for kicks. Now, computer security firm Verisign is offering some hefty paychecks for vulnerabilities reported in Microsoft's Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.

This is part of Verisign's Quarterly Vulnerability Challenge. So what's in it for those who are able to find some vulnerabilities, US$8,000- US$12,000, and bragging rights of course.

We don't really know why Verisign is targeting MS products, could the new security systems in Vista  be the reason behind it? In case you don't know, the new security systems in Vista is somewhat rocking the boat of computer security companies like Symantec, McAffee, and Verisign. 12 Grand is a whole lotta money, but is breaking a number of laws worth it? Well, you decide. We're just happy to report what's up.