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Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 preview available for Windows, Mac
2024-04-18 16:49

A preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024, a volume-licensed and perpetual version of Office for commercial customers, is now available for Windows and macOS users. Office LTSC 2024 for commercial preview, Visio 2024 preview, and Project 2024 preview.

New Phishing Attack Uses Clever Microsoft Office Trick to Deploy NetSupport RAT
2024-03-19 05:28

A new phishing campaign is targeting U.S. organizations with the intent to deploy a remote access trojan called NetSupport RAT. Israeli cybersecurity company Perception Point is tracking the...

Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware
2024-03-18 03:00

The serious scale of the threat posed by ransomware attacks in the UK, Europe and globally was bought into sharp focus by the UK House of Commons/House of Lords Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy in its December 2023 report, A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security. Huawei aims to do just that, having unveiled its new HiSec SASE Solution - designed to deliver cloud-network-edge-endpoint integrated intelligent protection and provide consistent security assurance for both enterprise headquarters and branch offices - at last month's Mobile World Congress in Spain.

Microsoft announces Office LTSC 2024 preview starting next month
2024-03-15 16:57

Microsoft announced that Office LTSC 2024, the next Office LTSC release, will enter a commercial preview phase starting next month and will be generally available later this year. The company will also release Office 2024 later this year, a new version of on-premises Office for consumers, which comes with five years of support and the traditional "One-time purchase" model.

Australian Tax Office probed 150 staff over social media refund scam
2024-02-14 04:45

The extent of the scam was revealed on Monday in an audit of the ATO's management and oversight of fraud control arrangements for the Goods and Services Tax - Australia's equivalent of a value-added or sales tax. The scam promoted in online ads detailed a means of securing a loan from the ATO - an outright lie, as Australian tax authorities are not notably more generous than others around the world.

Blackwood hackers hijack WPS Office update to install malware
2024-01-25 20:30

A previously unknown advanced threat actor tracked as 'Blackwood' is using sophisticated malware called NSPX30 in cyberespionage attacks against companies and individuals. Researchers at cybersecurity company ESET discovered Blackwood and the NSPX30 implant in a campaign in 2020 and believe that the group's activities align with Chinese state interests.

Insurance website's buggy API leaked Office 365 password and a giant email trove
2024-01-18 01:58

Toyota Tsusho Insurance Broker India, an Indo-Japanese joint insurance venture, operated a misconfigured server that exposed more than 650,000 Microsoft-hosted email messages to customers, a security researcher has found. Zveare then examined the calculator web page on the TTIBI website and saw that it included a client-side function that created a request to send email using a server-side API. "This caught my eye because this was a client-side email sending mechanism," he wrote in a post describing his findings.

Feds Warn of AndroxGh0st Botnet Targeting AWS, Azure, and Office 365 Credentials
2024-01-17 11:14

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that threat actors deploying the AndroxGh0st malware are creating a botnet for...

Microsoft deprecates Defender Application Guard for Office
2023-11-27 21:00

Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard for Office and the Windows Security Isolation APIs, and it recommends Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction rules, Protected View, and...

Microsoft fixes ‘Something Went Wrong’ Office sign-in errors
2023-11-20 21:17

Microsoft is rolling out fixes for known Microsoft 365 issues causing 'Something Went Wrong ' sign-in errors and rendering desktop applications unusable for many customers. As the company acknowledged almost one month ago, these login issues impact customers using Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Apps for business, and Office apps for iOS and Android.