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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.

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

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, service pack, Corel Corp., Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., format

Sharp puts Word files on phones

December 11, 2003 TAGS: Sharp Corp., Microsoft Word, cell phone

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, Symantec Corp., vulnerability, attack, 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, trojan horse, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh

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, Microsoft PowerPoint, MSN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Vista, 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, OpenDocument Format, XML, specification, Judge, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., blog, open source

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, Microsoft Word, U.K., government, 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, McAfee Inc., code, security, Microsoft Corp., attack, 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, Microsoft Office, vulnerability, trojan horse, security, attack, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft patches latest Word

January 27, 2004 The software giant is advising people who use Word 2003 to download a fix for a flaw that causes the recently released word processing application to crash in certain circumstances. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office 2003, word-processing, flaw, digital-rights management, patch, patch management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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., Microsoft Word, vulnerability, flaw, security, attack, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

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 Word, Microsoft Excel, rule, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

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

Password protection in Microsoft Word criticized

January 7, 2004 Word documents that use the software's built-in password protection to avoid unauthorized editing can easily be modified, a security expert maintains. TAGS: password protection, Knowledge Base article, password, Microsoft Word, document, Microsoft Corp., security

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, fix, flaw, Microsoft Word, vulnerability, development tool, security, software company, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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: Trend Micro Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, vulnerability, Microsoft Word, denial of service, Symantec Corp., security, flaw, mobile device, smart phone, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft delays Office converters for Mac

May 15, 2007 Company pushes out by several months tools enabling Mac users to read new Office file formats. Limited Word-only converter is available now. TAGS: Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Word, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., format, Microsoft Windows

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