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Category Archives: Office
MalDoc: Malicious Word files in PDF documents bypass malware detection
[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
Changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 due to EU competition concerns
[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
Outlook 365: Search in shared calendars broken? (August 2023)
[German]Brief information for users and administrators of Microsoft Office 365. I have received a message from an IT service provider who reports a problem with customers that the search in shared calendars in Outlook has been broken for a few … Continue reading
Outlook: Body of accepted meetings is write only now; by design after Office August 2023 update
[German]Short information for administrators of Office installations with Microsoft Outlook. I received reports, that since installing August 2023 updates for Microsoft Outlook were installed, the so-called body text of appointments can only be changed by the organizer of the appointment. … Continue reading
Outlook "open window" bug at startup a permission issue?
[German]Since the Office updates of late June 2023, users have been complaining that every time they start Outlook, it asks if they want to reopen windows open in the previous session (which do not exist). I have information that this … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Office 365: Sign in Error 1001
[German]There are reports that users of the Office 365 suite are suddenly getting error 1001 when trying to log in. An IT service provider contacted me about this because this was occurring with their customers. However, there is a workaround … Continue reading
Microsoft's Office Defense in Depth Update ADV230003 (August 2023) breaks RCE Attacks via CVE-2023-36884
[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Windows and Office as of August 8, 2023. For Microsoft Office, there were security updates for the MSI versions for both version 2013 and Office 2016. The C2R variants of Office 2016 and 2019 … Continue reading
Microsoft Office Updates (August 8, 2023)
[German]On Jugust 8, 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
Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 8, 2023)
[German]On August 8, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 73 vulnerabilities, one is a 0-day. Below is a compact overview of these updates … Continue reading
Workaround/Fix for Outlook issue: Appointments automatically become Teams meetings
[German]Another small addendum to a problem with Outlook. In the blog, I had picked up on the annoying behavior that Outlook appointments have automatically become Teams meetings for some time. At the weekend, I came across a workaround and a … Continue reading