Tuesday, Microsoft posted a security advisory that acknowledged specially crafted Word documents could be used to seize a computer, and offered a defensive recommendation. "Do not open or save Word ...

Microsoft plans to patch a newly discovered hole in Microsoft Word in its next monthly patch update, and may release a rare “out of cycle” patch to address the hole, a company spokesman said.

The advisory, which was revised Friday, now includes more detail about how corporations can defend themselves by using group policies to force Word into running in "Safe Mode." The online alert also ...

As autumn begins and the thoughts of security teams turn to mists and mellow fruitfulness, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update arrives with the surety of the turning leaves, and this month there are two ...

Just hours after a Microsoft security manager said that the week’s updates had patched all in-the-wild threats against Office applications, the company late yesterday acknowledged that another bug in ...

Hackers are exploiting a new, unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word that could allow them to take control of a victim’s computer, Symantec has warned. The zero-day vulnerability is the fourth in ...