MS Office Zero-Day Under Attack

paulBarbs writes "Microsoft is warning users to be on the lookout for suspicious Excel files that arrive unexpectedly — even if they come from a co-worker's e-mail address. In an advisory, Microsoft confirmed a new wave of limited "zero-day" attacks was underway, using a code execution flaw in its Microsoft Office desktop productivity suite. Although .xls files are currently being used to launch the spear phishing attacks, Microsoft said users of other Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, etc.) are potentially at risk."

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Um... That's why standards exist

[Colin Smith]

businesses need to be able to share documents with their business partners and clients, thusly, they must support the same file formats as their business partners and clients. That simply means you need standardised file formats, you don't need the same software.