Once again Microsoft has released some press around the vulnerabilities of their office suite, where bad peeps can execute code from a well formed document and take control of your computer. Are we getting tired of this yet?

So if you insist on using those products, please update the latest patches, or you could just delete the installation and that will solve the problem now and into the future.

Since losing my harddrive last week in my MacBook Pro, I have been living off the net without any software installed other than a web browser, while it was initially inconvenient, after 5 days I’m starting to enjoy it. Give it a try, there are a lot of alternatives out there in the cloud, you might be surprised.

If not the latest patches can be found here

Be afraid, very afraid.

Particularly if your one of those still using file sharing.

Microsoft announced that the infamous PowerPoint program (Office 2003 and earlier) has been exposed to some serious security issues.  In fact, in an alert separate from that of Microsoft, the Denmark based vulnerability research shop Secunia labeled the issue “extremely critical.”

Users who click on malicious files, website links and email attachments trigger malware files on their workstations.  So far attempts to use this have been limited yet targeted.  Further it appears those with high access levels are at the highest risk.

These types of problems are easily avoidable thanks to browser-based programs!

There are numerous online-presentation tools all of which avoid such issues. Everything being embedded on a web page means there is no need to click external links, no need to open attached files, and no need to check with IT every time you wish to launch a presentation someone sends to you.

In the meantime Microsoft plans to “monitor the situation.”

-to learn go to GCN.com