Huge jump' in Microsoft Flaws
More bad news for the Wintards.
The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found
in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company
Qualys.
Between 2006 and 2007, there was an almost threefold rise in Microsoft
flaws, Qualys said on Wednesday.
"We have seen a huge jump in the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office
products," said Amol Sawate, manager of Qualys's
vulnerability-management lab. "These charts show growth of nearly 300
percent from 2006 to 2007, primarily in new Excel vulnerabilities that
can easily be exploited by getting unsuspecting users to open Excel
files sent via email and instant message."
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