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Rigged Excel documents making the rounds

2008-03-12 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b88dec in Network World on Security
 
Security experts have warned that malicious Microsoft Excel documents are making the rounds via e-mail, exploiting an unpatched Excel vulnerability that has been known publicly since January
 
Tags: rounds, security experts, excel vulnerability, publicly, e-mail, january
 
 
 
 
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Export SQL Server data to an Excel file using SSIS and Visual Studio

2008-04-08 10:45:43 by Heidi Sweeney in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Here are seven steps for transferring SQL Server 2005 data to a MS Excel spreadsheet. In this book chapter from the "Beginners Guide to SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005" by Jayaram Krishnaswamy, you'll learn how to design an SSIS package using Visual Studio and export data from a SQL Server table to Excel
 
Tags: sql server, visual studio, data, excel, sql server table, export data, excel spreadsheet, ssis package, book chapter
 
 
 
 
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JDBCODBC functionality -- Java to Excel for complex workbooks

2008-06-05 17:08:24 by Jim Mason in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Java to Excel with the AS400 may be attractive, but if you have complex VBA macros in Excel, the JDBCODBC bridge will not work well for you. A better option may be using the Groovy COM interface
 
Tags: excel, complex vba macros, java, jdbcodbc bridge, groovy, as400, attractive, interface, option
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft warns of new Excel vulnerability

2008-01-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b66084 in Network World on Security
 
Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability that lies within several versions of the Excel spreadsheet program, Microsoft warned late Tuesday
 
Tags: excel spreadsheet program, vulnerability, microsoft, versions, lies, attackers, tuesday
 
 
 
 
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Office Excel at risk from attack

2008-01-17 17:22:50 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Microsoft has issued a security advisory that malicious attackers are targeting versions of its Office Excel with vulnerabilities
 
Tags: office excel, malicious attackers, security advisory, versions, vulnerabilities, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Fix for weeks-old Excel flaw likely on Tuesday

2008-02-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b40038 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft's security updates Tuesday will probably include a fix for a vulnerability in Excel that has been exploited by attackers for several weeks, a researcher said today. But he told users not to expect a fix for another bug that the company acknowledged more than two months ago
 
Tags: fix, months ago, tuesday, excel, weeks, attackers, include, users, bug
 
 
 
 
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Excel risks go undetected, businesses warned

2008-03-12 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b43c74 in Network World on Security
 
Businesses where staff use Excel spreadsheets to develop applications quickly and cheaply aren't paying enough attention to the operational risks they run -- especially when the spreadsheets link to back-end systems
 
Tags: develop applications quickly, businesses, spreadsheets link, back-end systems, excel spreadsheets, operational risks, attention, staff, cheaply
 
 
 
 
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Generating Excel spreadsheets on i5 with RPG and Java

2008-03-12 11:03:48 by Mark Golden, Contributor in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
A command now exists on all machines that will create Excel spreadsheets on AS/400. Using a mixture of RPG and Java (Apache Software), System i admins can convert data into spreadsheet form
 
Tags: excel spreadsheets, java, convert data, spreadsheet form, rpg, apache software, system, as400, mixture
 
 
 
 
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Buggy Microsoft Excel patch causes bad math

2008-03-14 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
If you installed one of those Excel security patches issued by Microsoft earlier this week, you may want to double-check your math
 
Tags: excel security patches, math, microsoft, double-check, week