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Microsoft Patchday: Office, Flash, Windows (January 9, 2018)
[German]Microsoft's patchday on January 9, 2018 just brought us a few updates for Adobe Flash, Windows 10 V1709, Office and NET Framework so far. This is due the fact, that Microsoft already released some updates last week, to fix the … Continue reading
Is Microsofts (Word) DDE-Patch failed partially?
[German]In December 2017, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office to disable DDE functionality. However, the vulnerability may not be completely mitigated, because a new malware campaign addresses the DDE vulnerability.
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Tagged DDE, Microsoft Word, Office, Security, Update
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Microsoft Office Patchday (January 2, 2018)
[German]Yesterday, first Tuesday of the month, (January 2, 2018), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016. Here are an overview of this updates.
Microsoft Security Advisory (December 12, 2017)
[German]As part of the December patchday (12/12/2017), Microsoft has also issued a Microsoft Security Advisory Notification. It addresses the security settings for Active Directory Domain Services. And it's discusses the DDE vulnerability when opening Office documents.
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Tagged Active Directory, DDE, Microsoft, Office, Security
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Hacker are misusing CVE-2017-11882 in Office EQNEDT32.EXE
[German]Microsoft Office is shipped with old equation editor EQNEDT32.EXE that contains a vulnerability. This vulnerability is used by hacker to distribute malware.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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MS Office Build-In-Feature: Can be used for replicating malware
[German]Microsoft Office Build-In features have a vulnerability that allows malware to spread. Microsoft doesn't see any vulnerability – but now a' qkG Ransomware' seems to have emerged that uses exactly this technique.
Microsoft Office Viewer reaches End of Life 2017/2018
If you are still using the free Microsoft Office Viewer, it's time to say good by. Microsoft has announced the end of life for those viewers (Word Viewer, Excel Viewer and PowerPoint Viewer).
Has Microsoft lost access to parts of Office source code?
After the last patches of the Office equation editor, some speculation has arisen that Microsoft may have lost access to parts of its Office source code. Here's some information.
Microsoft Office security updates (November 14, 2017)
[German]Microsoft released on November 14, 2017 (Patchday) beside Windows updates also a couple of security updates for Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and for Microsoft Office 2016, and for SharePoint Server. Here are a few details.
Microsoft’s Security Advisory 4053440 (DDE vulnerability)
[German]Microsoft has released Security Advisory 4053440 for the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) vulnerability in Microsoft Office. Here are some information about the topic.