With several stable and easy to use exploit examples circulating, the current Active-X threat is likely to make its way into mass exploitation, says Brent Huston, CEO and Security Evangelist for Microsolved, Inc. In a Campfire Chat this afternoon, Huston led a discussion on issues around this threat and urged security professionals to start building awareness in their organizations.
Researchers say they've discovered new ways to read what you're typing by aiming special wireless or laser equipment at the keyboard or by simply plugging into a nearby electrical socket.
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program has a 0-day vulnerability that attackers are already exploiting on the Internet, according to security vendor Symantec.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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