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• Patch Tuesday skips Windows zero-day exploit

  Microsoft on Tuesday issued security patches that plug critical holes in Microsoft Word and Publisher and a vulnerability in Windows for which a zero-day exploit has been available for weeks.

• Google launches Postini-based security service

  Google announced on Thursday a re-branded Web Security service for Enterprise based on the Postini technology it acquired last year.

• Protect your spreadsheets: Hackers attack Excel

  Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning that attackers are targeting versions of its Office Excel with vulnerabilities.

• Office SP3: Are new formats more secure?

  Blocking old file formats in the Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) release was meant to bolster security for Microsoft customers, but whether the new formats are any more secure than older ones is debatable.

• Microsoft Office flaws up 300 percent

  Between 2006 and 2007, there was an almost threefold rise in flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys.

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• Companies patching security holes faster

  Driven by fast-appearing threats, network administrators are fixing the most prevalent flaws more quickly, according to a new survey.

• Is another MSBlast attack on its way?

  The Eschelbeck Theory states that only half of the vulnerable systems in the world are patched within the first 30 days of a patch's existence, and that within that same 30-day period, someone invariably releases a virus or a worm to take advantage of the still-vulnerable systems.

• Microsoft warns of a score of security holes

  Microsoft released on Tuesday fixes that cover at least 20 Windows flaws, several of which could make versions of the operating system vulnerable to new worms or viruses.

• The FBI's top 10 online security threats

  The FBI has worked with the SANS Institute to develop a list of the 10 most exploited Windows threats.

• Worm's spread shows holes in patch system

  The MSBlast worm supports the view that patches, while necessary to increase the security of specific computers, can't be relied upon to protect large networks.

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• Microsoft warns of a score of security holes

  Microsoft released on Tuesday fixes that cover at least 20 Windows flaws, several of which could make versions of the operating system vulnerable to new worms or viruses.

• Microsoft moves beyond patches

  Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

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