Content Tagged ‘Microsoft Office’

Targeted malware attack shows how Fast Fingerprinting works

October 24, 2011 - Technology is helping anti-virus researchers detect malicious Microsoft Office files, by examining if they fail to confirm to the OLE2 file format specification. Read more

How fast fingerprinting of OLE2 files can lead to efficient malware detection

October 13, 2011 - SophosLabs experts present research describing how heuristics can help anti-virus products discern between benign and malicious OLE2 files. Read more

A live BlueHat Prize webcast and the August 2011 security updates

August 9, 2011 - Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our BlueHat Prize contest announcement at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat (continue reading...) Read more

Rustock updates and Advance Notification Service for the July 2011 Security Bulletin Release

July 7, 2011 - Hello all -- This week we released a special Security Intelligence Reportthat showcases (continue reading...) Read more

Q&A from May 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast

May 12, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the May Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded twelve questions on various topics during the webcast, (continue reading...) Read more

Microsoft issues Windows security patches, but Office for Mac users left in the cold

May 11, 2011 - Microsoft has issued its May 2011 "Patch Tuesday" pack of security updates, and although it's nothing like as big the Godzilla-sized bundle of vulnerability fixes we saw last month, there's still (continue reading...) Read more

March 2011 Security Bulletin Release

March 8, 2011 - Hello all -- Today, as part of our monthly security bulletin release, we have three bulletins addressing four vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. One bulletin is rated Critical, and this is the bulletin we recommend for priority deployment: (continue reading...) Read more

Advance Notification Service for the March 2011 Security Bulletin Release

March 3, 2011 - Hello all -- Today, as part of our usual monthly bulletin cadence, we are providing our Advance Notification Service for March's security bulletins. This month we'll release three bulletins, one of them rated Critical and two rated Important, addressing issues (continue reading...) Read more

February 2011 Security Bulletin Release

February 8, 2011 - Hello all -- Today, as part of our monthly security bulletin release, we have 12 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and IIS (Internet Information Services). Three bulletins are rated Critical, and these are the bulletins we recommend for priority deployment: (continue reading...) Read more

Benefits of Office 2010 File Validation will be made available for Office 2003 and 2007

December 14, 2010 - Hello everyone -- We're really excited to announce that Office File Validation, currently part of Office 2010, will soon be made available for Office 2003 and 2007. During development of Office 2010, the Office Team, in conjunction with members of (continue reading...) Read more

December 2010 Security Bulletin Release

December 14, 2010 - Hi everyone. As part of our usual cycle of monthly security updates, today Microsoft is releasing 17 bulletins addressing 40 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, SharePoint Server and Exchange. Two of those bulletins carry a Critical rating, while 14 are rated Important (continue reading...) Read more

Mac users, Microsoft security updates are for you too

November 10, 2010 - Yesterday's latest batch of Patch Tuesday security fixes from Microsoft will have made their presence felt amongst many Windows users, but that doesn't mean that Mac (continue reading...) Read more

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: fixes for Office and PowerPoint

November 9, 2010 - Microsoft released its regular batch of security updates this Patch Tuesday. By the standards of Patch Tuesday (scheduled for the second Tuesday of every month), this one is (continue reading...) Read more

Buyers Beware: No IE Patch for Holiday Shopping Season

November 9, 2010 - 1 Critical, 2 Important Today Microsoft released three patches that address eleven vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway. This is a light load when compared with last month’s record release, however this month’s “Critical” bulletin addresses some (continue reading...) Read more

September 2010 Security Bulletin Release

September 13, 2010 - Hi everyone, With this month's bulletin release, I want to highlight the great work done through our partnerships in the Microsoft Active (continue reading...) Read more

July 2010 Security Bulletin Release

July 13, 2010 - Hi everyone. As part of our usual monthly update cycle, today Microsoft is releasing four security bulletins to address five vulnerabilities in Windows and Microsoft Office. MS10-042 resolves a publicly disclosed and actively exploited vulnerability discussed in Security Advisory (continue reading...) Read more

July 2010 Bulletin Release Advance Notification

July 8, 2010 - Hi everyone. Today we're releasing our advance notification for the July security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, July 13. This month's release includes four bulletins addressing five vulnerabilities. Two bulletins, both with a severity rating of Critical, (continue reading...) Read more

June 2010 Security Bulletin Release

June 8, 2010 - Hi everyone, Today, as part of our regular monthly security bulletin release cycle, we released 10 bulletins to address 34 total vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office (including SharePoint), Internet Explorer (IE), Internet Information Services (IIS), and the .NET Framework. Only three (continue reading...) Read more

June 2010 Security Bulletin Advance Notification

June 3, 2010 - Hi everyone, (continue reading...) Read more

Advance Notification for the May 2010 Security Bulletin Release

May 6, 2010 - Hi everyone, Today we published our advance notification for the May security bulletin release letting customers know that (continue reading...) Read more

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