What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor
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| Speaking at the Boston SecureWorld conference Wednesday, the 19-year
| Microsoft veteran whose job includes protecting enterprises, developers and
| Microsoft itself said there actually is plenty of good news on the security
| front. For example, his outfit scans a half million devices (with customer
| permission) per month and in the first half of last year saw the first
| period-over-period decline in new vulnerabilities disclosed across Microsoft
| and non-Microsoft software since 2003.
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| However, 3,400 new vulnerabilities were discovered and “it’s still a big
| number,” Arsenault says. “So if vulnerability rates are down, where are
| they?”
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032608-microsoft-security-concerns.html
Websense Security Labs first to discover vulnerability within Microsoft Office
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| This vulnerability allows code execution within an Excel document without the
| knowledge of the user.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0803270807.asp?A=VIR&S=Virus%20Watch&O=FPIN
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnet farmers play the international exchange game
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| Selling "installs" is a common practice in the cyber-underworld, the most
| notable example being in 2005 when Jeanson Ancheta was arrested for building
| a 400,000-strong botnet and installing adware from 180 solutions for a fee of
| $60,000.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/botnet_spyware_scam/
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