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Study: 'Huge jump' in Microsoft flaws since last year

 November 29, 2007 The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. TAGS: Qualys Inc., jump, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp.

Another security hole found in Excel

 July 7, 2006 New flaw puts computers at risk of remote attack, according to a security group's advisory. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, advisory, attacker, vulnerability, flaw, representative, attack, document, security, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Excel under zero-day attack, Microsoft warns

 February 5, 2007 Spreadsheet-focused attack affects several versions of company's Office software, including one for Macs. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, vulnerability, attack, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., security, Apple Macintosh

Microsoft fixes Office, Windows flaws

 March 14, 2006 Patches released in Microsoft's monthly security update cycle tackle six holes in Office and one in Windows. TAGS: Microsoft Office, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Excel, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

eBay halts auction of Excel flaw

 December 9, 2005 Bidding stopped on sale of information about software security hole, which Microsoft says it is investigating. TAGS: eBay Inc., auction, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp.

Second zero-day Excel flaw emerges

 June 20, 2006 Another yet-to-be-patched Excel security hole is reported--and there's sample attack code on the Net, experts say. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, security hole, Microsoft Excel 2003, flaw, vulnerability, Symantec Corp., attacker, spreadsheet, patch management, security, expert, Microsoft Corp., attack, Microsoft Office, e-mail, PC

New PowerPoint hole used in cyberattacks

 July 13, 2006 Alert of new, yet-to-be-patched Office flaw being exploited in attacks comes on heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday." TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, flaw, cyberattack, vulnerability, security expert, Microsoft Excel, alert, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Office, attack, security, Microsoft Corp., PC

New Excel zero-day flaw used in attacks

 June 16, 2006 At least one customer reports being target of cyberattack exploiting yet-to-be-patched hole in spreadsheet software. TAGS: cyberattack, Microsoft Excel, flaw, vulnerability, fix, Symantec Corp., spreadsheet, Microsoft Word, attack, Microsoft Corp., security, software company

Microsoft warns of 22 new security flaws

 October 12, 2004 The goal now is to "guess what the criminals are going to attack," an exec says. Redmond will focus first on the critical flaws. TAGS: Sasser worm, flaw, Stephen Toulouse, advisory, Microsoft Exchange Server, vulnerability, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Excel, attack, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Office hit by another security problem

 June 23, 2006 Attackers could commandeer a vulnerable computer by embedding a malicious Flash file in an Office document. TAGS: ActiveX Control, Office document, security problem, Microsoft Office, cyberattack, attacker, vulnerability, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Excel, flaw, Microsoft Corp., PC

Microsoft plugs worm hole in Windows

 July 11, 2006 "Critical" flaw could let worm spread, company says, as it sends updates addressing 18 problems in Windows, Office. TAGS: flaw, vulnerability, DHCP, Web server, Microsoft Office, worm, patch management, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, attacker, risk, fix, Microsoft Windows Server, security, service pack, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp.
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