Cyberspies exploit Microsoft Office
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| At a congressional hearing last week on cybersecurity, Donald Reid,
| a senior State Department official, described how an employee in
| May clicked on a Word document corrupted via a security hole for
| which Microsoft had no patch. A fix wasn't available until eight
| weeks later.
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2007-04-22-cyberspies-microsoft-office_N.htm?csp=34
http://tinyurl.com/2hyrl8
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Cyberattacks at federal agencies draw House scrutiny
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| In the process of analyzing that malicious code, analysts also
| discovered another previously unknown hole in the Windows operating
| system that lacked a security patch.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6177783.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
| computers pass their shelf life.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
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