‘Microsoft’ Category
Gustavus Office 365 login system upgrade
The login system used to authenticate Gustavus users to Microsoft Office 365 will be upgraded on Tuesday, October 9th. The new system offers several advantages over the previous system including increased reliability. This upgrade will be noticeable by a change to the layout of the page and the url in the address bar. Below is […]
MS Word Vulnerability and Exploit
It looks like there is a newly discovered vulnerability in MS Word that is being exploited via email. I have not yet seen any sign of this here, but no doubt we will see something soon enough. See the following articles for more information: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1965042,00.asp http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1347 http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/05/19/1718203.shtml
Carefull out there if you are browsing with IE
For anyone who is browsing the internet with Internet Explorer you should be aware that an exploit for a recent vulnerability is being seen on the net. At this time there is no patch for this from Microsoft. However if you turn off Active Scripting, you can prevent your browser from being exploited. Internet Storm […]