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ZDNet reports that several hundred CXOs are receiving a new kind of email attack. Messages containin Word documents that include an executable file. If the recipient clicks on the file, it runs a zero-day exploit on the victim’s computer.

According to MessageLabs, the recipients tend to be CXOs as follows:

• 30% chief investment officers
• 11% chief executive officers
• 6% chief financial officers

The targets are technically inexperienced victims whose computers may hold interesting personal or corporate data. Attackers find the victims names through search engines and social networking sites. I’m guessing that LinkedIn is one of these sites.

The Honolulu Advertiser ran a front-page article this morning about the growing parking problems in Chinatown. I’ve worried that downtown businesses and colleges might face problems as more customers face longer waits to find that elusive parking space.

Companies keep moving downtown, and they sometimes wind up with more employees than dedicated parking spaces. The solutions range from shared parking spaces to subsidized bus passes!

Too many vehicles? Or not enough mass transit?

Recent figures indicate that there are 734,270 registered vehicles on Oahu. Another article in this morning’s Advertiser indicates there are 1.13 million vehicles in the state, while our population is 1.28 million people. Of course, the large rental car fleets on our islands are a part of this total, but it’s still alarming that there’s so many vehicles in our state.