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April 27, 2007 Service Pack 3 for Office 2003 will include a selection of the security improvements and features Microsoft put into Office 2007. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, service pack, security, attack, Microsoft Corp.

February 15, 2007 Microsoft is working to patch a security flaw in its word-processing software that is being used in targeted cyberattacks. TAGS: cyberattack, attack, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, vulnerability, security, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp.

February 5, 2007 Spreadsheet-focused attack affects several versions of company's Office software, including one for Macs. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, attack, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh

October 17, 2006 A yet-to-be-fixed vulnerability poses a potential problem for those who use the presentation tool. TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, flaw, vulnerability, attack, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., security

December 6, 2006 "Limited attacks" are taking advantage of previously unknown security bug in word-processing program, Microsoft warns. TAGS: Microsoft Word, attack, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, trojan horse, Apple Macintosh

September 28, 2006 Rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch fixes one flaw, but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue. TAGS: flaw, Microsoft PowerPoint, iDefense, attack, security, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, e-mail

July 13, 2006 Alert of new, yet-to-be-patched Office flaw being exploited in attacks comes on heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday." TAGS: flaw, cyberattack, security expert, Microsoft PowerPoint, vulnerability, Microsoft Excel, attack, alert, Microsoft Office, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., PC

November 15, 2006 Microsoft's IE and Office, Apple's Mac OS X and people themselves are among the Internet's weak links, the security group says. TAGS: SANS Institute, Web application, VoIP, P2P, attack, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

August 8, 2006 Count 'em: A dozen security updates, nine rated "critical," covering 20 holes in Windows and three in Office. TAGS: bulletin, flaw, DNS, vulnerability, fix, attack, bug, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, e-mail, PC

April 18, 2007 Security firm has spotted a significant upswing in e-mail attacks aimed at organizations. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., e-mail filtering, attack, organization, Microsoft PowerPoint, e-mail, security, trojan horse, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

September 5, 2006 "Extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to remote execution of code. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Word, Symantec Corp., trojan horse, attack, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

June 20, 2006 Another yet-to-be-patched Excel security hole is reported--and there's sample attack code on the Net, experts say. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, flaw, security hole, Microsoft Excel 2003, vulnerability, attacker, Symantec Corp., spreadsheet, patch management, attack, security, Microsoft Corp., expert, Microsoft Office, e-mail, PC

October 13, 2006 Targeted attacks used for industrial espionage have become the nightmare scenario for big companies, researchers say. TAGS: Alex Shipp, Graham Cluley, MessageLabs Ltd., radar, attack, organization, threat, trojan horse, Sophos Plc., security company, Symantec Corp., consultant, researcher, malware, Microsoft Office, security

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