Google is well known to change its logos commemorating special days, historical events or holidays. On 5th September, it released a logo, a mysterious doodle in fact, where an alien UFO is actually shown carrying off the second ‘O’ letter from Google word.

Everyone who saw the logo got confused as to the intent and symbolism behind this doodle. Normally a mouse-over on the Google logo led to some tool tip. This time it was not the case. Was it telling users to simply gogle now? Some felt it sounded close to act of ogling. Even right clicking on the logo image to save it led you to a "Go_gle.gif" filename, amusingly ironic since the alien spacecraft is seen making off with the second 'O'.

Microsoft made a disclosure this week about a vulnerability detected in its Internet Information Services (IIS) and informed that it's compiling a security update to fix this issue. As a workaround solution, Microsoft recommended users can disable various elements of the exposed FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service to download & upload files.

The vulnerability in IIS allows a hacker to run arbitrary code on the server using FTP on IIS 5.0 version and execute a denial-of-service attack using FTP on IIS 5.1, 6.0, & 7.0. It is important to know that the latest 7.5 version is free from this vulnerability and it can be downloaded and installed on IIS 7.0 to shield it.
Alan Wallace, senior communications manager for Microsoft's security response communications team, announced in a statement, “Customers should be aware that the Download Center has FTP 7.5 available for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. FTP 7.5 is not vulnerable to any of these exploits.”