Tag Archives: Office

Follina: Attack via Word documents and ms-msdt protocol (CVE-2022-30190)

[German]A new attack vector has been known since the weekend that abuses the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Utility via the ms-msdt: protocol to download and abuse malicious Word documents (or Excel spreadsheets) from the web. Microsoft has since issued a support … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office is a must have …

[German]I often get told from my blog reader, that Microsoft's Office is a must have – and Office 365 subscriptions are the coolest thing since invention of "sliced bread". I just found an nugget, how innovative thas MS Office is, … Continue reading

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (May 10, 2022)

[German]On May 10, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 10, 2022)

[German]On May 10, 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. The … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Updates (May 3, 2022)

[German]On May 3, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016, which fixes issues in Access 2016, among others. Here is … Continue reading

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

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 12, 2022)

[German]On April 12, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 12, 2022)

[German]On April 12, 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 (April 5, 2022)

[German]On April 5, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016. Here is a brief overview.

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SoftMaker Office 2021 Revision 1044 released (March 22, 2022)

SoftMaker has released an update in the form of revision 1044 for its Office 2021 (for Windows, Mac and Linux). The Windows MSI setup now allows the selection of a user-defined destination folder for programs again. In addition, a bug … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Update KB5002160 (March 1, 2022) breaks Access db connections

[German]As of March 1, 2022, Microsoft has released regular updates for the MSI installation versions of Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016. After installing these updates, users complain that accessing Access databases from applications no longer works. The applications hang or … Continue reading

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