Threefold rise in Microsoft Flaws

Qualys uncovered a huge jump in the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office products. Most of these leaks are found in Excel. These can easily be exploited by getting unsuspecting users to open Excel files sent via e-mail and instant message.

 

"It isn't that Microsoft isn't doing a better job," said Alan Paller, director of research for the Sans Institute, a computer-security training organization. "The reason it is so lucrative to find vulnerabilities in Excel and Word, so there are a lot of (hackers) searching for them."