Microsoft has released an advisory on a new discovered MS Excell vulnerability. The vulnerability affects all versions except Excel 2003SP3 and Excel 2007 and can allow remote code execution. Attack appears to be targeted, not widespread and Microsoft team is working on solving the issue.

Digital Armaments company has announced a $20,000 award for hackers that can find any exploitable vulnerability or working exploit for Windows applications. The contest’s deadline is February 29. The company has more details about this interesting idea but most of Internet security researchers point that Digital Armaments is not well known company and maybe they don’t even have $20K for award. But then again if you are a hacker and enthusiast, why hesitate to try?

As Valentine day approaches new Storm worm hits Internet users. This time spreading via email with same subject line “I Would Dream” and link to a infected website. If visitor click on link it will download withlove.exe containing Email-Worm:W32/Zhelatin.PY. As the file on the websites is changing every 15-30 minutes AV companies are forced to release new updates every time, so user caution is advised not to open any suspicious links and mails containing mentioned subjects.