Friday, June 16, 2006

It is no longer safe to start your computer... Vulnerability found in Microsoft Excel. (InfoWorld) - "A new vulnerability has been found in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program, just a few days after the company fixed problems with several of its applications in its monthly patch distribution." "One customer reported an attack using the vulnerability, which comes from an e-mail with a malicious Excel document attached, wrote Mike Reavey, Microsoft Security Program Manager, on the company's security blog." 1. Do not open attachments from untrusted sources. 2. There are no trusted sources. 2:16:14 PM    comment []

Chris Schmidt shines at Where 2.0 I recently mentioned that Chris Schmidt was going to give a brief talk at O'Reilly's Where 2.0 conference. He was a featured character in the Wired News article on the conference, too. Congrats, Chris! 1:29:16 PM    comment []

Brian Livingston: Genuine Advantage is Microsoft spyware Brian Livingston minces no words in his weekly Windows Secrets newsletter lead article, "Genuine Advantage is Microsoft spyware ." He goes on to say: No PC-using company that values security and reliability can allow a program like WGA to send data to a distant server, download additional software, morph its behavior, or remotely change the functionality of Windows (as I describe below). I don't believe individuals should put up with this, either." This isn't a frothing-at-the-mouth, I-hate-Bill, Anything-But-Microsoft lunatic writing these words, rather it's someone who makes his living supporting Microsoft software. 10:59:34 AM    comment []

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