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Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'
News The company published seven security bulletins as part of its monthly patch cycle. This includes an expected patch for a flaw in the Windows domain name system, or DNS. The remaining zero-day vulnerabilities for which fixes are now available are in... [09 May 2007]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News Cyber crooks have found that they can take advantage of Microsoft's security update cycle by timing new attacks right before or just after "Patch Tuesday" - the second Tuesday of each month when the software maker releases its fixes. [16 Feb 2007]
Attackers hitting yet another Word flaw
News Redmond is investigating this latest report and may issue a patch, if needed, the representative said. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious Word file," it said. [26 Jan 2007]
Redmond patches Windows, Office flaws
News Microsoft yesterday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch. As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft published four security bulletins with fixes for 10... [10 Jan 2007]
OpenOffice tackles "highly critical" hole
News Security advisor Secunia rates the vulnerability as "highly critical", and has urged users to patch their systems. OpenOffice has uploaded the patch to its website. It contains all the standard business applications, including word processing... [08 Jan 2007]
Attacks still battering unpatched Windows flaws
News Microsoft issued a rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch on Tuesday that fixed one flaw but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue. The PowerPoint flaw is one of several security holes cyber crooks are actively exploiting but for... [28 Sep 2006]
Security group issues emergency IE patch
News In January, an outside patch was created for a vulnerability in the way Windows renders Windows Meta File images, and in March, two security companies issued patches for a bug related to how IE handled certain tags in web pages. [25 Sep 2006]
Alert over "extremely critical" Word flaw
News Microsoft has not yet issued a patch for the vulnerability, and users are advised to forgo opening untrusted documents. Trojan MDropper.Q exploits the Microsoft Word vulnerability to drop another file, a new variant of Backdoor.Femo, according to a... [05 Sep 2006]
Cyber attack targets unpatched Excel flaw
News Instead of issuing an out-of-cycle patch, Microsoft recommended that users be careful in opening Word documents and that they run the application in safe mode. Scott Carpenter, director of Security Labs at Secure Elements, said in a statement: "In... [19 Jun 2006]
Safari users warned of Mac OS X flaw
News Apple is developing a patch for the flaw, according to a company representative. Word of the new vulnerability comes after the recent discovery of a Trojan horse and a worm that target Mac users. An attacker could embed malicious code in a ZIP file... [22 Feb 2006]
Two new WMF flaws emerge
News Just days after Microsoft rushed out a patch to fix a critical Windows flaw related to the processing of Windows Meta File (WMF) images, two more problems with the component were flagged. Word of the new problems comes just days after Microsoft... [10 Jan 2006]
XP Service Pack 2: Microsoft wants you to spread the word
News The option of a mass mailout is also popular with Microsoft and quite probably with home users - judging by the popularity of the security patch CD release. However, unlike the security patch CD, which hit doormats countrywide without cash changing... [14 May 2004]
Analysis: EC antitrust ruling - Microsoft may yet have the last word
Comment This decision is important for consumers not only in Europe but also for increased innovation and competition worldwide," said Lee Patch, VP of legal affairs at Sun, in a statement. The EC has had the first word but the European courts will have... [24 Mar 2004]
Microsoft issues patch for Word crash bug
News The article accompanying the update also lists a number of other smaller issues addressed by the patch, including conditions that can cause text to disappear or Word 2003 to inappropriately launch a file conversion tool. [28 Jan 2004]
First 'critical' patch issued for Office 2003
News Microsoft has issued the first major patch for the new version of its Office software, fixing a flaw that could result in lost work. The "critical update", released late on Tuesday, applies to three of the four major applications in Office 2003... [06 Nov 2003]
