Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office related products, including Word and Outlook How an attacker exploits them: Typically by enticing users to open or interact with maliciously crafted Office documents or email Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the appropriate … [Read more...]
Microsoft Black Tuesday: Updates Correct One of Two Zero day
Today's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Microsoft (and Adobe) Patch Day. One of Microsoft updates fixes a zero day vulnerability, so we recommend you install at least that one as quickly as possible. According to their summary post for November 2013, Microsoft released eight security bulletins today, fixing 18 security flaws in products like Internet Explorer … [Read more...]
Attackers Exploiting a Zero Day in Windows, Office, and Lync
Today, Microsoft released a critical security advisory warning customers of a serious new zero day vulnerability that affects Windows, Office, and Lync. In a nutshell, the vulnerability has to do with how certain versions of Windows, Office, and Lync handle specially crafted TIFF images. If an attacker can trick you into viewing a malicious image, including ones embedded in … [Read more...]
Sharepoint, Excel, and Word Security Updates
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Office related products, including SharePoint, Word, and Excel How an attacker exploits them: Varies. Typically by enticing users to open or interact with maliciously crafted Office documents Impact: Many. In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the … [Read more...]
IE Update Fixes Two Zero Day Vulnerabilities
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Internet Explorer (IE) How an attacker exploits them: By enticing one of your users to visit a web page containing malicious content Impact: An attacker can execute code on your user's computer, often gaining complete control of it What to do: Install Microsoft's IE updates immediately, or let … [Read more...]
