Category Archives: Office

Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

[German]On February 8, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Microsoft Office Updates (February 1, 2022) fixes Access issues

Posted on 2022-02-03 by guenni

[German]On February 1, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, there are updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 that address the Access issue of only one … Continue reading →

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Malicious CSV files can install BazarBackdoor

Posted on 2022-02-02 by guenni

[German]Cyber criminals have found a way to abuse text-based CSV files in order to install BazarBackdoor malware on victims' systems. Security researchers probably came across this fact while monitoring a phishing campaign. The culprit is the ability to access the … Continue reading →

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Status of January 2022 security updates from Microsoft (2022/01/25)

Posted on 2022-01-25 by guenni

[German]We are in the so-called D-Week, regarding updates by Microsoft for products like Windows or Office. Whether there are (preview) updates today that anticipate the patches for February 2022, I don't know. But after there were massive problems with the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft disables Excel 4.0 macro support by default

Posted on 2022-01-22 by guenni

[German]Good news in terms of security and Office, because Microsoft finally plugs a gateway for malware by disabling the default support for Excel 4.0 macros. This mitigates an announced and long overdue vulnerability.

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

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Microsoft 365: Shared Mailboxes not updating (Jan. 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-21 by guenni

[German]There currently seems to be massive issues with shared mailboxes on Microsoft 365 not being able to update automatically since January 2022. A blog reader alerted me to the problem on Jan. 20, 2022, but there are more reports about … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Outlook search broken again or fixed by Microsoft? (Jan. 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-21 by guenni

[German]Are you experiencing still (or again) issues with Outlook desktop search on Windows 10, after installing the January 2022 updates? I got reports from German blog readers about this issue (mails couln't be found). On the other hand, there is … Continue reading →

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Access lock bug caused by Microsoft Office updates (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-21 by guenni

[German]The security updates that Microsoft rolled out for Microsoft Office in January 2022 are once again causing problems with Microsoft Access. Only one user can still access the databases. This problem already existed with the December 2021 updates for Office. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Microsoft Januar 2022 Patchday Revisions (2022/01/14)

Posted on 2022-01-17 by guenni

[German]As of January 11, 2022, Microsoft has released a number of security updates for Windows and Office that are supposed to eliminate vulnerabilities. However, some of these updates caused problems, disrupting functions in Windows. On January 14, 2022, Microsoft released … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-13 by guenni

[German]On January 11, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. RCE vulnerabilities will be closed again. For Microsoft Access, the bug from December 2021 is fixed … Continue reading →

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