Microsoft has released its February security updates, It includes some long-awaited patches for its Office productivity suite applications. This month's Patch addresses multiple critical fixes for vulnerabilities in both Office and Microsoft's line of security products. Altogether, Microsoft patched 20 flaws with its current release.Eleven of the patches were labeled "critical," the highest ranking in Microsoft's scoring system. Eight of the patches fix Office flaws, including six vulnerabilities in Word and one each for Excel and PowerPoint. While all of these patches are significant from a security standpoint, the patch called MS07-010 seems to be stealing the spotlight.
MS07-010 fixes a critical bug in the malware-scanning engine used by Windows OneCare, Windows Defender, and Forefront Security and Antigen products. Hackers could exploit the flaw to take complete control of a victim's PC by feeding malformed PDFs to the computer through e-mail. The flaw is of particular concern to analysts.
MS07-010 fixes a critical bug in the malware-scanning engine used by Windows OneCare, Windows Defender, and Forefront Security and Antigen products. Hackers could exploit the flaw to take complete control of a victim's PC by feeding malformed PDFs to the computer through e-mail. The flaw is of particular concern to analysts.
" This continues the trend of malware authors targeting widely deployed Microsoft business applications and services, malware authors continue to find unknown or unpatched vulnerabilities in popular applications and services which are then used in zero-day attacks, putting both business and consumer data at risk." - Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee's Avert Labs
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