Archive for July 13th, 2009

We just set the Sunbelt Threat Level to high since our researchers and at least two other major organizations have found in-the-wild exploit code for the most recent Microsoft vulnerability (Microsoft Security Advisory 973472).Workaround here.Microsoft... »

Here’s the latest invention from the Gmail labs team: a verified accounts key to help distinguish spam from a legit email. Last year, Gmail started filtering spam from fake eBay and PayPal emails, requiring actual verification from the source that an email was being sent from ebay.com. Anything that can’t be verified is rejected.... »

Smart Defender Pro is a rogue antispyware software, or a fake security software that takes advantage of naive people and scams them out of their money. Smart Defender Pro is completely useless, a computer parasite. If your PC is infected with Smart D... »

Hi Everyone,   This is Dave Forstrom, group manager for our security response communications team.  We have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory 973472, which highlights a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components. Specifically, the vulnerability exists in the Spreadsheet ActiveX control and while we’ve only seen limited attacks, if exploited successfully, an attacker could gain the... »

by Leena Rao The web has been abuzz the past few weeks with chatter about Microsoft’s announcement today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans about the new version of Microsoft’s Office 2010.   There’s even a mini-movie about its debut. Facing potential challenges from the browser from Google’s Apps product and its new... »