PSA: Active zero-day Excel exploit

[unixronin]

Via Security Wire:

Attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Excel to infect and hijack targeted machines, the software giant warned in an advisory yesterday.  The only defense at this point is to avoid opening Excel files from untrusted sources.

Comments

[n5red.livejournal.com]

Install Linux.

But you knew that already.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Windows is strictly GameOS™ around here. :) Nothing important gets entrusted to it.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

is a Callahanian and a Baen Barfly...