Wow! That’s New???

May 01 2007

By Ira Winkler

I just received an e-mail ad from ComputerWorld that advertises a white paper from Core Security. The ad scares us by informing us that users can NOW infect systems by opening Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. That is supposed to shock us?

The only thing that shocks me is that this appears to be new to a copywriter working for a security company. IMO, anyone with a clue knows that the macro abilities embedded within those file types has been proven to enable attacks for over a decade. The fact that a security company feels compelled to have this as the main teaser line either demonstrates that they have little faith in the intelligence of the readers (although they may be right) and is an insult to our intelligence, or they don’t have a clue.

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Posted by Ira.Winkler on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007, at 11:11 pm, and filed under Articles.

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