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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY: MS Excel flaw allows computer tampering (Courier-Post)
22-Jun-2006
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A flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Excel spreadsheet could allow criminals to remotely control a computer, the company confirmed earlier this week, according to The Associated Press.
Microsoft: Excel Flaw a Windows Bug (BetaNews)
22-Jun-2006
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Microsoft's Security Response Center said in a blog posting on Wednesday that it was investigating reports of a second vulnerability affecting Excel , and had examined a PERL script that demonstrates the flaw. The company says the problem actually lies in hlink.dll, a Windows component.
Researcher Finds Third Zero-Day Excel Flaw (TechWeb)
22-Jun-2006
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A security company says the new vulnerability could let attackers execute Flash files along with JavaScript that run when Excel opens.
Microsoft confirms security flaw in Excel (MSNBC)
22-Jun-2006
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A flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Excel spreadsheet could allow criminals to remotely control a computer, the company confirmed Monday. In order to become infected,the user must open a maliciously formatted Excel document that is sent via e-mail or other means.
Flushing flaw at new Metro Courthouse (WSMV Nashville)
22-Jun-2006
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Nashville's brand new $40 million courthouse has received many compliments for its architecture and new technology. But some critics are pointing out that the designers overlooked a flaw that allows courtrooms to hear loud flushing from nearby inmate restrooms.
Second New Flaw Discovered in Excel (BetaNews)
22-Jun-2006
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As Microsoft scrambles to fix one security flaw in its Excel spreadsheet program, security researchers have uncovered another. First disclosed by Symantec on Monday, the problem could cause Excel to crash after a malicious file is opened.
Report: Design Flaw Caused Genesis Crash (Orlando Sentinel)
22-Jun-2006
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A report released Tuesday blamed a design flaw for the 2004 crash of a NASA space probe carrying solar wind atoms back to Earth and criticized engineers for failing to detect the error.
PayPal Security Flaw Allows Identity Theft (Slashdot)
22-Jun-2006
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miller60 writes "Phishing scammers are actively exploiting a security flaw in the PayPal web site to steal credit card numbers belonging to PayPal users. The scam tricks users into accessing a URL hosted on the genuine PayPal site, which presents a valid 256-bit SSL certificate confirming that the site belongs to PayPal. However, some of the content on the page has been modified by the fraudsters
Another zero day Excel flaw spotted (The Inquirer)
22-Jun-2006
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JUST AS MICROSOFT tries to fix a zero day Excel hole spotted last week, another bug in the popular spreadsheet program has been found.
Second zero-day Excel flaw emerges (ZDNet India)
22-Jun-2006
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Attack code for a new security hole in Excel has surfaced on the Internet, just as Microsoft is scrambling to respond to a separate bug in the spreadsheet program.
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