A lot of you activated the newly uncovered “GodMode” earlier this week. How about another 16 of them for your troubles?

After revealing GodMode to the blogosphere, CNet snagged an interview with Windows division president, Steven Sinofsky. The Microsoft executive gave a little insight into why GodMode exists, explained the name and even revealed more undocutmented features for Windows 7.

According to CNet, Sofinsky said several similar developer features provide direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors. Sinofsky also clarified that GodMode is a term coined by bloggers. Also interesting to note that Microsoft says it has yet to encounter the problem so many of you had trying this little trick with Vista. Some of you using 64-bit Vista say activating GodMode caused your machine to crash. Sinofsky says the folks at MS have yet to replicate this problem. Read More…

Attackers continue to target Adobe products because the software is widely used and not always upgraded with the latest Adobe updates. Security researchers have also been devoting a lot of time to finding vulnerabilities in the company’s software. While antivirus vendors push out signatures that can detect malware attempting to exploit vulnerabilities, experts warn that new malicious code is developed daily and not all attacks can be detected.

Adobe issued another advisory last Tuesday warning of ongoing PDF attacks targeting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Some security firms have detected limited email attacks containing malicious PDF files attempting to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions.

Adobe has reportedly said it did not plan an emergency patch to repair the hole because it did not want to disrupt its quarterly update process.