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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, trojan horse, security, Microsoft Corp.

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

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.

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, McAfee Inc., attack, security, Microsoft Corp., PC

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

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: Microsoft Office 2003, productivity suite, Corel Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, service pack, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., format

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.

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, worker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Editing tips from the NSA

January 25, 2006 Advice comes after embarrassing incidents in which sensitive data was unintentionally stored in electronic documents. TAGS: NSA, document, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

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, Microsoft Word, fix, software company, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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

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, security company, mobile device, Microsoft Word, flaw, denial of service, smart phone, security, Symantec Corp., 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 2008 for Mac to come this year

January 9, 2007 Revamped Office for Mac, slated for second half of this year, will run on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Apple machines. TAGS: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, IBM PowerPC, Microsoft Office 2004, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office 2007, Apple Computer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Intel, 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, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, virus, Microsoft Word, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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: bulletin, vulnerability, patch management, attacker, Microsoft Update, flaw, fix, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Automatic Update, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

U.S. military security defeated by copy and paste

May 4, 2005 In the latest example of a snafu with "hidden" electronic text, sensitive data blacked out in a PDF document finds its way into the light. TAGS: metadata, text, document, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, security, Microsoft Corp.