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MS Office Zero-Day Under Attack

Posted by Zonk on from the you-know-they've-released-new-software-when dept.

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."

3 of 172 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How old are you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yo 'splot!

    A/S/L? LOL

    Squishies,
    AC

  2. Re:totally offtopic by HomelessInLaJolla · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm homeless. I wasn't able to see it. Let me know how funny the commercials were.

    --
    the NPG electrode was replaced with carbon blac
  3. Re:Bill was RIGHT. by Josh+Ovki · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    CMD ./windows-shutdown.mp3 Atleast that is not an option on MAC ;) I am not a mac fanboy, i accutaly dont like mac, i dont like windows either, linux is for me. Maby Mac OS X is insecure but no one is attacking it so it doesnt matter. The north pole has no defences but no one is starting a war there. The same problem has happened loads of times on Office and most other M$ products, we just have to live with it. I just hope that they do something about it and soon, because although i dont use Windows and office on my home computer, in work i have no choice.