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Microsoft advises 'safe mode' for Word

 May 23, 2006 Following at least one targeted attack that exploits a flaw, company suggests running Office application in restricted mode. TAGS: Microsoft Word, attack, flaw, Microsoft Corp., security, e-mail

Second zero-day flaw found in Word

 December 11, 2006 Flaw could let attacker commandeer a PC and affects several versions of the word-processing program. TAGS: Microsoft Word, flaw, attacker, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp.

Another Word zero-day bug used in attacks

 January 25, 2007 A fourth yet-to-be-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Word is actively being exploited in cyberattacks, the company has warned. TAGS: Microsoft Word, cyberattack, attack, Symantec Corp., vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., security, trojan horse

Word hole exploited in zero-day attacks

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

Office 2003 update blocks older file formats

 January 3, 2008 Latest service pack for productivity suite renders older file formats--including those for Word, Excel, PowerPoint--inaccessible. TAGS: productivity suite, Microsoft Office 2003, Corel Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, service pack, Microsoft Corp., format

Windows Mobile flaws could crash phones

 January 31, 2007 Security firm has uncovered two bugs that, if exploited, could crash phones and other devices running Microsoft's Windows Mobile software. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Trend Micro Inc., vulnerability, flaw, security company, Microsoft Word, mobile device, denial of service, smart phone, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Attack code published for third Word flaw

 December 14, 2006 Code could be used to crash or commandeer PCs, security firms warn. But Microsoft hasn't yet confirmed the vulnerability. TAGS: vulnerability, Microsoft Word, flaw, security company, code, security, attack, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Word blunder exposes U.K. split on terrorism

 September 16, 2005 A British government minister is reportedly caught out over anti-terrorism measures by the "track changes" feature in Microsoft Word. TAGS: terrorism, U.K., Microsoft Word, letter, Microsoft Corp.

Zero-day attack hits Word

 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, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, vulnerability, attack, security, Microsoft Corp., trojan horse

Software shifts for Microsoft

 January 4, 2008 As a new year begins, the titan of Redmond is tinkering away at applications from years gone by. TAGS: Redmond, MSN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft criticized for lack of software security

 May 6, 2000 Security experts say the "I Love You" worm's spread is a perfect demonstration of the software maker's technologies working exactly as they were designed to operate. TAGS: scripting language, software company, programming language, security, language, virus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office

 May 24, 2005 As government gets strict on how companies manage data, Microsoft looks at ways to make Word, other files more secure. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, information technology, Microsoft Corp.

Californians get more time on Microsoft claims

 January 12, 2005 The software giant is doling out vouchers to people who bought Windows, Excel or Word between 1995 and 2001. TAGS: settlement, class action, claim, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows

Nuance turns text into speech

 August 21, 2006 As well as converting PDFs into audio files, ScanSoft update offers tools for disabled users and archival standards. TAGS: ScanSoft Inc., Hummingbird Ltd., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Systems Inc., U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Word flaw hit with zero-day attack

 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, Microsoft Word, flaw, Symantec Corp., trojan horse, attack, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

 January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches. TAGS: vulnerability, bulletin, patch management, attacker, fix, flaw, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Update, Microsoft Word, Automatic Update, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

No fix yet for zero-day flaw in Word

 December 7, 2006 Microsoft will have patches for Windows and Visual Studio on Tuesday, but apparently not for a Word flaw being used in cyberattacks. TAGS: Microsoft Visual Studio, cyberattack, flaw, development tool, fix, Microsoft Word, software company, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

No fix yet for Word 2000 flaw

 September 12, 2006 Microsoft releases patches for three security holes, but does not have a fix for a Word 2000 flaw being used in attacks. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, Qualys Inc., flaw, cyberattack, vulnerability, Microsoft Word, attacker, Microsoft Office, patch, fix, patch management, Microsoft Corp., security, software company, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

 April 21, 2008 Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO. (By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK) TAGS: Alex Brown, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, XML, OpenDocument Format, Judge, specification, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, blog, open source

Zero-day Word flaw used in attack

 May 19, 2006 Symantec warns of unpatched hole in Microsoft Word that was used in a bid to compromise Japanese government PCs. TAGS: back door, Symantec Corp., vulnerability, Microsoft Word, attack, security, Microsoft Corp., e-mail
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