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Microsoft: Office Mac Malware Only Affects Older OS X

Microsoft researchers analyzed a recently-discovered Mac backdoor Trojan and discovered that only users running unpatched Office for Mac on older OS X versions were vulnerable. As Security Watch reported earlier, a Mac backdoor Trojan [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Malware Infects Macs Through Microsoft Office Vulnerability

Security researchers have encountered new email-based targeted attacks that exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Office to install a remote access Trojan horse program on Mac OS systems. The rogue emails appear to target Tibetan activist [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Warns of Office-Related Malware

Users of Microsoft Office need to take heed to a potentially dangerous new threat. Microsoft announced that there is malware which will take advantage of a weakness in Microsoft Office. Microsoft had made the issue known in November. Mic [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: Windows 7 Malware Threat 'Sensationalized'

Microsoft accused a software industry rival of overhyping tests results that purported to show security features in the new Windows 7 operating system fail to block 80% of malware threats. I'm not a fan of companies sensationalizing finding [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft links malware rates to pirated Windows

Computerworld - Microsoft today said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leery of applying security patches. "There is a direct correlation betwee [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft leads browsers in malware, phishing defense

It appears that the comprehensive security features built into Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) are paying off for Microsoft. The browser, released in March with a number of enhanced phishing and anti-malware components, blocked an average of 81 [...]