George Ou finds another OS X bug

Add it up, George!

CW:

Ongoing attacks are exploiting a flaw in most versions of the popular Excel spreadsheet application, Microsoft Corp.’s security group said late Tuesday.

The attacks, which the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) downplayed as “targeted, and not widespread,” are using a bug found in Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Excel Viewer 2003 and Excel 2004 for Mac. Newer editions — Excel 2003 SP3, Excel 2007 and Excel 2008 for Mac — are not vulnerable, Microsoft claimed. That last version, Excel 2008 for Mac, launched earlier Tuesday at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.

Note: emphasis is mine.

George Ou finds another OS X vulnerability

Add another one, George!

WSJ:

This year, the bad guys are coming up with ways to dupe even the most cautious computer owners, Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, an organization that tracks security threats, tells the Business Technology Blog. One of the more sophisticated attacks: infiltrating corporate supply-chains and pre-loading malicious code onto electronic equipment that people eventually attach to their computers.

Consumerist Morning Deal

I took this screenshot last week from consumerist but didn’t have time to post. That geek.com deal doesn’t sound too appealing.