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Category Archives: Office
Office 365: Zero-Font bypassing weakens email security
[German]Cyber criminals are currently using a well-known zero-font bypassing technology to trick Office 365's Microsoft security filters on emails and smuggle spam onto systems.
Hotfix for Excel 2013/2016 Chart dll crash bug
[German]Users of Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 have been suffering since April 2018 patchday from a bug that crashed the program when accessing charts . But there are hotfixes to fix the problem.
WSUS synchronized 45 updates (06/16/2018)
A brief information for administrators. Blog reader Markus K. informed me that 45 updates for Windows, Office etc. were re-synchronized in WSUS on Saturday, June 16, 2018..
PSA: EOL for TLS 1.0/1.1 support in Intune and Office 365
[German]Short information for administrators managing Windows systems with Microsoft's Intune. Microsoft is phasing out support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 (for security reasons) in the fall of 2018. Home and end users are not affected by this change, and … Continue reading
Microsoft Office Patchday (June 5, 2018)
[German]On the first Tuesday of each month (Office Patchday) on June 5, 2018, Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Necurs distributes Flawed Ammyy RAT via Excel IQY files
A few days ago a new attack method of the Botnetes Necurs became known. This distributed a remote access Trojan (name: Flawed Ammy) using Excel Web Query and Internet Inquiry files.
Flash and Silverlight get blocked in Office 365 documents
Microsoft announced plans to restrict the use of Flash, Shockwave, and Silverlight controls in Office 365. This policy changed for security reason.
Microsoft Office Patchday (May 1, 2018)
[German]Microsoft releases non security updates for Microsoft Office on the first Tuesday of the month (Office Patchday). This is also the case on May 1, 2018, when updates for Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 2016 have been released.
Microsoft April 2018 patchday issues
[German]In April 2018 Microsoft released a couple of updates for Windows, Office and other products. In addition to the known issues already reported by Microsoft (Known Issues), some updates lead to further problems. This article outlines some problems that have … Continue reading
Update Outlook due to vulnerability CVE-2018-0950
[German]There is a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that can allow the stealing of access data or send the system into a BlueScreen loop. Microsoft has released a patchday update (April 10, 2018) to close the vulnerability.