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'Highly Critical' Security Flaw Found In Office
News A security company warned on Thursday that a flaw in Microsoft Office could allow a denial-of-service attack to be executed on systems running somewhat older versions of the popular productivity suite.
[October 8, 2004, 8:45]
Critical Fixes Due For Windows And Office
News At least one Windows and one Office problem are deemed "critical," Microsoft's highest-risk category for security vulnerabilities, according to the advisory. Microsoft plans to issue patches for "critical" Windows and Office security problems as...
[July 7, 2006, 9:55]
Microsoft Issues Excel Zero-day Warning
News The "extremely critical" Excel vulnerabilities are found in Microsoft Office 2000, Office 2003 and Office XP, as well as in Office 2004 for computers running Apple's Mac OS, according to a separate advisory from security company Secunia.
[February 6, 2007, 8:44]
Microsoft Warns Of Targeted Word Attacks
News According to Microsoft Security Advisory 953635, the software company is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3. Workarounds that the company recommends include using Microsoft Office Word 2003 Viewer...
[July 9, 2008, 17:11]
Office Flaw Exploit Code Published
News Microsoft has not confirmed the existence of the security hole, which potentially affects software including Microsoft Office and the Microsoft Access database program. Microsoft is investigating the report of a flaw that could open systems using...
[April 13, 2005, 10:40]
Trojan Exploiting Unpatched Office Flaw Found In The Wild
News A new Trojan horse exploits an unpatched flaw in Microsoft Office and could let an attacker commandeer vulnerable computers, security experts have warned. The malicious code takes advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Jet Database Engine, a...
[October 3, 2005, 8:55]
Microsoft Warns Of ActiveX Attacks Targeting Access
News The vulnerability only affects the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Office Access 2000, 2002 and 2003. The ActiveX control, which allows a user to view an Access report snapshot without having the standard or run-time versions...
[July 8, 2008, 8:29]
Security Flaw Found In Microsoft Office For Mac
News Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday that its popular Office applications for the Macintosh have a critical security flaw that leaves users' systems open to attack by worms and online vandals. The flaw affects all Office programs but is only...
[April 17, 2002, 8:50]
'Critical' Office Patch To Be Released
News Microsoft plans to release a "critical" security update for Office next week, one of three bulletins it will distribute as part of its monthly patch cycle. Microsoft has had its share of zero-day exploits, or malicious software released the same...
[September 8, 2006, 9:25]
Attackers Exploit 'extremely Critical Flaw' In Word
News As with other recent (Microsoft) Office vulnerabilities, documents incorporating the exploit code must be opened with a vulnerable copy of Microsoft Word 2000 for it to work," Symantec's advisory stated.
[September 5, 2006, 17:00]
The Role Of The Office Of Homeland Security In The Federal Budget Process: Recommendations For Effective Long-Term Engagement
White Papers Executive Order 13228 established the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) as an advisory body in the Executive Office of the President (EOP) to "coordinate the executive branch's efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from...
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Computer System Security And Privacy Advisory Board Findings And Recommendations On Government Privacy Policy Setting And Management
White Papers The Board addressed privacy issues in subsequent board meetings, including presentations from leading private sector privacy experts, the Office of Management and Budget, and government privacy officers and policymakers.
[August 30, 2005, 3:00]
VPN Case Study: Millfield
White Papers However, this proved a prohibitively expensive option over only six office locations, and Millfield's expansion was leading to more offices being opened all the time. The Tiscali solution delivered the security and reliability Millfield was looking...
[July 6, 2007, 2:03]
Microsoft Admits Office 2003 'mistake'
News Microsoft has acknowledged it made a mistake over a security advisory it released concerning Office 2003. The advisory, posted in December, told users that dozens of file formats had been blocked in the latest service pack for Office 2003 — Service...
[January 7, 2008, 12:14]
Cyberattacks Exploit Word Flaw
News Office 2000 and Office XP are at risk, the company said. The two recent versions, Office 2003 and 2007, are not affected. As with most of the Office vulnerabilities, an attacker would have to trick a user into opening a malicious file to be...
[February 16, 2007, 10:47]
CA Reveals 'high Risk' Flaw
News An attacker could gain full control over a victim's PC by sending a specially crafted Microsoft Office document, according to a security advisory published on the CA Web site. A high-risk security flaw in several of Computer Associates' antivirus...
[May 24, 2005, 17:40]
Word 2000 Flaw Still Lacks Patch
News As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft released updates for Office and Windows users to repair a trio of security flaws, a tally that is notably fewer than in previous months. The software maker deems the Office problem "critical" — its most...
[September 13, 2006, 10:15]
Attackers Target Windows DNS Flaw
News At the same time security experts have issued warnings on multiple zero-day flaws in Office and another one in Windows. The attacks target Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 systems through a hole in the Domain Name System (DNS) service...
[April 13, 2007, 9:13]
Excel Hit By Security Hole
News The flaw, which affects Excel 2000, 2002 and 2003 and Office 2000, XP and 2003, "could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to open and repair a specially crafted Excel file," the advisory said.
[July 7, 2006, 15:05]
No Vista Patch In Microsoft's Updates
News The critical vulnerabilities are in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and in Microsoft security tools such as Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender. None of the Windows or Office flaws affect Vista or Office 2007, Microsoft's latest updates.
[February 14, 2007, 9:19]
