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Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Vulnerability

2008-07-08 05:28:12 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control contains a vulnerability, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to download arbitrary files to arbitrary locations. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution....
 
Tags: vulnerability, remote code execution, web page, remote, download arbitrary files, attacker, arbitrary locations, user views, exploit
 
 
 
 
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Laptop bought on eBay contained "highly confidential" Home Office disk

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2008-02-28 16:10:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Office (UK The Home Office is the government department responsible for leading the national effort to protect the public from terrorism, crime and anti-social behaviour." - Source Home Office About Us page Contractor/Consultant/Branch Leapfrog Computers Victims N/A Number Affected N/A Types of Data Unknown - labeled "Home Office -...
 
Tags: home office, disk, laptop, source home office, home office spokesman, director lee bevan, lee bevan, highly confidential, leapfrog computers
 
 
 
 
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The Arizona Office of the Auditor General finds plenty of holes

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2008-06-23 12:28:27 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Office of the Auditor General has conducted a performance audit of information technology security at Arizona State University (ASU), the University of Arizona (UA), and Northern Arizona University (NAU) pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) 41-2958." "ASUs, UAs, and NAU's Web-based applications are vulnerable. Auditors were able to...
 
Tags: information, information security officer, personal information, information security staffs, confidential information, information security, university information, sensitive information, sensitive
 
 
 
 
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How WAN optimization and application acceleration improve branch office network performance

2008-04-03 00:00:00 by Robin Layland in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
...office has a dark side. Maintenance and problem resolution are expensive. It takes IT staff extra time and expensive tools to diagnose problems remotely. The remoteness leads to frustration for both the branch office workers and the IT staff. Remote servers waste resources if they are running at low utilization, which is a common occurrence....
 
Tags: application acceleration, branch office, wan optimization, expensive, expensive wan resources, application acceleration technologies, branch office workers, technologies, server consolidation
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Post Office to Enable Wholesale Surveillance of Mail

2008-02-21 06:26:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...office is launching a new barcode on first class mail that will enable the sender to track mail through the system : With the new bar code, companies will be able to track mail delivery and know when their customers got a bill, solicitation or product, and the Postal Service will have another way of checking that mail is being delivered on...
 
Tags: mail, sends mail, track mail delivery, class mail, post office, track mail, customers respond, customers, news article
 
 
 
 
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Office 2008 installation mishaps

2008-02-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472bc0 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft kicked off 2008 by releasing a new version of its Office 2008 productivity suite. But if you've just installed the new version of the venerable $400 Office suite, stay alert for these issues
 
Tags: office, office suite, version, productivity suite, stay alert, issues, venerable, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft To Deliver Office Hotfixes in Scheduled Cumulative Updates

2008-07-01 17:34:40 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Office Sustained Engineering blog, that they will be moving away from the current weekly schedule for the release of Office hotfixes. Instead, every 2 months a cumulative update will be released. The first such update will appear in August, 2008. The blog announcing the development does not go deeply into the reasons for the change, other...
 
Tags: office hotfixes, office, hotfixes, choose hotfixes, cumulative, current weekly schedule, individual hotfixes, schedule, install
 
 
 
 
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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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Microsoft promises fix for Office 2008 installation issues

2008-01-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b6f380 in Network World on Security
 
A pair of installation-related problems involving the new release of Microsoft's Office 2008 won't cause damage to your data or prevent the productivity suite from running. But the issues, discovered by a user, pose potential security and administrative headaches. Microsoft is vowing fixes for both
 
Tags: microsoft, pose potential security, issues, office, productivity suite, administrative headaches, damage, prevent, fixes