Microsoft Office

Non-human Microsoft Office users get their own special licences

Automated operators can pay up like anyone – or anything – else

Software07 May 2020 | 23

Past three months were a rollercoaster for Microsoft: Ad spending down, PCs and gaming flat, cloud climbing amid work-from-home demand

COVID-19 had 'minimal net impact' on sales, Windows giant claims

SaaS30 Apr 2020 | 1

Sophos XG firewalls hacked, hotfix ready. Texts wreck Apple iThings. Yup, business as usual in infosec world

Roundup Plus Office 2016, 2019 patches – and a barn-load of other security bits and bytes

Security26 Apr 2020 | 9

Microsoft expands AI features in Office, but are they any good? Mixed, according to our vulture

Hands On Plus note to admins: sending content to Microsoft is on by default and users cannot disable it

Software31 Mar 2020 | 38

Official: Office 365 Personal, Home axed next month... and replaced by Microsoft 365 cloud subscriptions

Plus: Edge sharpened, Teams upgrades promised

SaaS30 Mar 2020 | 69

Stuck at home? Need something to keep busy with? Microsoft has 115 ideas – including an awful SMBv3 security hole to worry about

Updated Hefty Patch Tuesday covers critical Word, Dynamics bugs, and more

Security11 Mar 2020 | 23

Admins beware! Microsoft gives heads-up for 'disruptive' changes to authentication in Office 365 email service

Basic authentication will be OFF for Exchange Online email and other services from October 2020

SaaS26 Feb 2020 | 80

Appy days? Microsoft's Word, Excel and PowerPoint now live under one roof on mobile – but look out for Office 365 popups

And that's one hell of a privacy agreement

Software20 Feb 2020 | 11

If you're running Windows, I feel bad for you, son. Microsoft's got 99 problems, better fix each one

Patch Tuesday Meanwhile, we're still squashing bugs in Adobe Flash Player... plus stuff from Intel and SAP

OSes11 Feb 2020 | 27

Vendor-bender LibreOffice kicks out 6.4: Community project feel, though now with added auto-█████ tool

Performance-focused release with a few new features

Software30 Jan 2020 | 89

It's the end of the 20-teens, and your Windows PC can still be pwned by nothing more than a simple bad font

End 2019 with a Patch Tuesday from Microsoft, Adobe, SAP and Intel

OSes10 Dec 2019 | 22

This November, give thanks for only having one exploited Microsoft flaw for Patch Tues. And four Hyper-V escapes

Patch Tuesday Intel joins the fun with monthly releases from Adobe, SAP

Security12 Nov 2019 | 4

PSA: Turning off silent macros in Office for Mac leaves users wide open to silent macro attacks

Microsoft seems a bit hazy on what 'disable' actually means

OSes05 Nov 2019 | 33

PowerPoint! Word! Excel! Lens! By your powers combined, I am Captain Mobile Office

Ignite Microsoft revamps suite as single application

Software04 Nov 2019 | 20

Microsoft sees sense, will give Office 365 admins veto rights on self-service Power tools

Power to the people... in charge of IT – phew!

SaaS01 Nov 2019 | 40

You know the deal: October 2019. Pwned by a spreadsheet. Patch your Microsoft stuff

Patch Tuesday On the bright side, nothing from Adobe to install this month

Security08 Oct 2019 | 9

No it's not Russell Brand's new cult, it's Microsoft's Office crew rolling out their Save Experience

Not one, not two, but three Save dialogs in updated Office 365 desktop applications

OSes30 Aug 2019 | 40

This summer's hottest sequels: BlueKeep II, III, IV and V – the latest wormable RDP holes in Microsoft Windows

Patch Tuesday Plus special guest stars Adobe and SAP in this month's security fixes

OSes13 Aug 2019 | 15

We checked and yup, it's no longer 2001. And yet you can pwn a Windows box via Notepad.exe

Patch Tuesday Google guru shows how WinXP-era text code grants total control

OSes13 Aug 2019 | 67

Let's see what the sweet, kind, new Microsoft that everyone loves is up to. Ah yes, forcing more Office home users into annual subscriptions

No more $15-and-done option – cough up $70 every year, please

Software13 Aug 2019 | 197

Bit of a time-saver: LibreOffice emits 6.3 with new features, loading and UI boosts

Fix for security issue but LibreLogo still installed by default on Windows

Software09 Aug 2019 | 100

Dutch cops collar fella accused of crafting and flogging Office macro nasties to cyber-crooks

Accused bloke cuffed after plod swoop on home

OSes18 Jul 2019 | 10

It is with a heavy heart that we must report that your software has bugs and needs patching: Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, Intel emit security fixes

Patch Tuesday And Google drops a zero-day on Windows after deadline miss

OSes11 Jun 2019 | 28

Like using the latest version of Microsoft Office? Love Offline Files? Not for long!

Updated If you want to use offline files then you need to, er, stay online

Software07 Jun 2019 | 97

It's raining patches, Hallelujah! Microsoft and Adobe put out their latest major fixes

Updated Hefty patch Tuesday checks in at just under 100 CVEs

OSes09 Apr 2019 | 23

It's now 2019, and your Windows DHCP server can be pwned by a packet, IE and Edge by a webpage, and so on

Patch Tuesday Hefty load from Microsoft, Adobe, with special guest star Cisco

OSes13 Feb 2019 | 77

Welcome to 2019: Your Exchange server can be pwned by an email (and other bugs need fixing)

Patch Tuesday Hyper-V, DHCP, Word, and more. Plus, bonus shock: Adobe spares Flash in January patch dump

OSes08 Jan 2019 | 24

Microsoft pulls Office 2010 updates because they're big in Japan. As in, big pain in the ASCII

Software performance tweaks have opposite effect

Software08 Jan 2019 | 12

It's December of 2018 and, to hell with it, just patch your stuff

Windows, Office, Acrobat, SAP... you know the deal

Security12 Dec 2018 | 25

New era for Japan, familiar problems: Microsoft withdraws crash-tastic patches

Upcoming calendar change more than Office can handle

OSes21 Nov 2018 | 36

Microsoft confirms: We fixed Azure by turning it off and on again. PS: Office 362 is still borked

Redmond battles TITSUP multi-factor auth logins (yes, that's Total Inability To Support Users' Passcodes)

SaaS19 Nov 2018 | 48

It's November 2018, and Microsoft's super-secure Edge browser can be pwned eight different ways by a web page

Look, we're tired of doing these headlines too, but there's patching to do

Security14 Nov 2018 | 59

Word up: Embedded vids in Office docs can hide embedded nasties, infosec bods warn

Updated XML twiddling can lead to lock-and-loading dodgy JavaScript, we're told

Security25 Oct 2018 | 8

It's October 2018, and Microsoft Exchange can be pwned by a plucky eight-year-old... bug

Redmond goes retro in latest Patch Tuesday bundle

Security09 Oct 2018 | 12

It's September 2018, and Windows VMs can pwn their host servers by launching an evil app

Too smart? There's also an old-fashioned image file RCE

OSes11 Sep 2018 | 27

Patch Tuesday heats up with pair of exploited zero-days squashed – plus 58 other vulns fixed

Summertiiiiiime, and the hacking is easy

OSes14 Aug 2018 | 29

If at first you, er, make things worse, you're probably Microsoft: Bug patch needed patching

VBScript hole 'fixed' in May actually left open for months

OSes23 Jul 2018 | 11

Bonkers Azure bookings give Microsoft a record-breaking $110bn year

Satya's got sunshine on a cloudy day

OSes19 Jul 2018 | 35

Microsoft tries cutting the Ribbon in Office UI upgrade

We gotta put this in context, cos that's what Microsoft says matters these days

Software14 Jun 2018 | 98

June 2018, and Windows Server can be pwned with a DNS request

Cortana also a little too eager to carry out commands

OSes12 Jun 2018 | 25

If you're looking for bad news about Microsoft, top tip: look away now

Satya's on several cloud nines – as in, billions of dollars

OSes26 Apr 2018 | 19

It's April 2018 – and Patch Tuesday shows Windows security is still foiled by fiendish fonts

Adobe's Flash also up the spout

OSes10 Apr 2018 | 43

Patch or ditch Adobe Flash: Exploit on sale, booby-trapped Office docs spotted in the wild

ThreadKit leverages flaw fixed in February

Security09 Apr 2018 | 35

Breaking up is hard to do: Airbus, new bae Google and clinging on to Microsoft's 'solutions'

Ex still has place in the helicoptery, defencey bit of Airbus’s heart

On-Prem19 Mar 2018 | 94

Roses are red, Windows error screens are blue. It's 2018, and an email can still pwn you

Patch Tuesday Here's a bumper crop of security fixes you do not want to miss

OSes14 Feb 2018 | 29

No Windows 10, no Office 2019, says Microsoft

Support will also end on the same day Office 2016 shuffles off

Software02 Feb 2018 | 264

Upset Equation Editor was killed off? Now you can tell Microsoft to go forth and multiply: App back from the dead

Micro patch rejuvenates abandoned Office add-on

Software16 Jan 2018 | 53

Wizarding World of Harry Potter awaits Microsoft Office exam winners

Excel Exumai!

Software23 Nov 2017 | 52

New BFFs Salesforce and Google link arms, er, CRMs with G Suite

Silicon Valley bigwigs giggle to themselves, thumb their noses at Redmond

SaaS08 Nov 2017 | 1

Guess who's now automating small-biz IT jobs? Yes, it's Microsoft

Dear job hunters, you're out of luck. Redmond's 365 Business is designed for PHBs

SaaS01 Nov 2017 | 49

What just counted $24bn in receipts, and rhymes with psycho loft?

Azure up, Office going great, LinkedIn... not terrible

SaaS26 Oct 2017 | 26

It's 2017... And Windows PCs can be pwned via DNS, webpages, Office docs, fonts – and some TPM keys are fscked too

But at least there's no Flash update (not this week, anyway)

OSes10 Oct 2017 | 59

The URL of sandwich: Microsoft Office blogs redirect snafu foils users

A pox on your proxy, seethe Excel-wranglers

Software04 Oct 2017 | 12

Scared of that new-fangled 'cloud'? Office 2019 to the rescue!

Next release promises nice offline features, Matlock before bedtime

Software26 Sep 2017 | 54

Fresh Microsoft Office franken-exploit flops – and you should have patched by now anyway

Updated Exploit combo fails to dodge Word warning prompts

Security15 Aug 2017 | 15

Azure stacks, Office packs – and VR flacks: Here's Microsoft's Inspire news dump

Your quick guide to today's Redmond info blurt

SaaS10 Jul 2017 | 4