Category Archives: Office

New Outlook: Microsoft will definitely not support COM add-ins

Posted on 2023-10-20 by guenni

[German]Hope dies last, but now it's finally dead. Microsoft has just clarified in a blog post that the new Outlook app, which will eventually replace the classic Outlook, will not support COM. I touched on this topic here on the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (Oktober 10, 2023)

Posted on 2023-10-10 by guenni

[German]On October 10, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 103 vulnerabilities, two are 0-day vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates … Continue reading →

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Office Patchday Issues After September 2023 Update

Posted on 2023-10-07 by guenni

[German]As of September 12, Microsoft has released various security updates for Office 2013, 2016 and the click-to-run variants (2016-2021 as well as Office 365). There has been some feedback from users on the blog regarding problems. I'll summarize the problems … Continue reading →

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Microsoft fixes "open window" bug on Outlook startup

Posted on 2023-10-03 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Outlook users have been plagued by an annoying bug since the end of June 2023. The program asked at every startup whether windows open in the previous session should be opened again (even if there were no such windows). … Continue reading →

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LibreOffice 7.6.2 and LibreOffice 7.5.7 fixes CVE 2023-4863

Posted on 2023-09-29 by guenni

The developers of LibreOffice have released updates to versions 7.6.2 and 7.5.7. These security updates were required to close the CVE 2023-4863 vulnerability in libwebp (see also my post WebP vulnerability (CVE-2023-5129) affects multiple software packages such as web browser). … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Office 2016 Update KB5002457 causes appwiz.cp-/mso.dll errors

Posted on 2023-09-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released updates for Office 2016 on patchday, September 12, 2023, that are supposed to eliminate vulnerabilities. I got now reports, the Office 2016 update KB5002457 is causing issues and Office can no longer be used. The only … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (September 12, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-14 by guenni

[German]On September 12, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. With the April 2023 patchday, support for Office 2013 ended – but vulnerabilities were still closed … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (September 12, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-13 by guenni

[German]On September 12, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates fix 61 CVE vulnerabilities, two are 0-day vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these … Continue reading →

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MalDoc: Malicious Word files in PDF documents bypass malware detection

Posted on 2023-09-03 by guenni

[German]Another small addendum from this week: The Japanese CERT warns of a new technique used by cyber attackers who take malicious Word files and embed them in PDF documents. This "packaging" is intended to bypass the detection of the malicious … Continue reading →

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Changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 due to EU competition concerns

Posted on 2023-08-31 by guenni

[German]The EU competition investigations underway against Microsoft seem to be having an effect. Suddenly, Redmond is announcing changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 to address European competition concerns. These changes will affect our Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites … Continue reading →

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