MS Office Security Watch

But the move to open the communications protocols and APIs for Microsoft’s newest and highest-profile products, including Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Office 2007 and others, should translate into better security for everyone in …
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Microsoft's glasnost on interoperability means more bugs

The specifications for the binary formats used by Word, Excel and PowerPoint files will be made available under Microsoft’s Open Specification Promise (OSP) program, which the software vendor has used to publicly release a variety of …

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Microsoft puts older Office file formats in public domain

Microsoft this week officially gave developers the right to freely use code and specifications for translating between its older proprietary …

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Microsoft 'Frees' Office Formats

Patch Tuesday includes 11 security bulletins with patches for 17 documented software flaws, but none for a Microsoft Excel zero-day that is under attack. Microsoft has issued 11 security bulletins with patches for 17 documented software …
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'Excel Zero-Day Still Unpatched'