Although there have been malicious bots around for some time instant messaging, security firm IMLogic believes that this is the first time someone has tried to use bot code to help spread a worm around an IM network by pretending to be a legitimate user.

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Public Safety, a software developer in Winter Park, Florida, sells handhelds to police and airport security teams to perform instant background checks.

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"The efficiencies the internet has brought in such as instant access to information have also created security and control issues too, " he said.

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PGP(R) platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups.

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Earlier on Tuesday, news broke that there was a security hole in Yelp -- one of the test partners in Facebook's "Instant Personalization" program -- that put Facebook user data at risk.

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From our point of view, Internet security is a fundamental service that every user must have, just like searching, e-mailing, instant-messaging, etc.

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