The News Review:
- Zero-day PowerPoint vuln confirmed
- Mainstream Support for Microsoft ffice 2003 Ending April 14
- Microsoft PowerPoint targeted in new attack
- Security advisory issued for Microsoft PowerPoint vulnerability
- Halo Franchise Development Group at Microsoft is Developing… the …
Zero-day PowerPoint vuln confirmed
bit-tech.net
Microsoft has coughed to a new zero-day vulnerability in its PowerPoint application which can allow remote code execution should an infected file be opened. As reported over on.
Mainstream Support for Microsoft ffice 2003 Ending April 14
IT Business Edge
ffice 2003 owners will continue to receive security support from Microsoft through the extended support phase. The company has not issued a timetable to patch a security flaw in. In addition Microsoft will also begin retiring Windows XP on April 14.
Microsoft PowerPoint targeted in new attack
IT PR
However it also said that they were only being used in targeted attacks and therefore the number of affected customers was very low. For example an attacker would create a malicious Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow and send it as an attachment to the target?s email address. A user would simply have to open the malicious slideshow for the computer to become compromised. The Microsoft Security Research & Defence Centre.
Security advisory issued for Microsoft PowerPoint vulnerability
SC Magazine UK
Bill Sisk security response communications manager for Microsoft claimed that the vulnerability could allow for remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted PowerPoint file. The products affected are Microsoft ffice PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3 Microsoft ffice PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3 and Microsoft ffice PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3. Microsoft ffice PowerPoint 2007 is not affected. Sisk said: ?At this time we are aware only of limited and targeted attacks that attempt to use this vulnerability. If you suspect that you were target for such an attack you can scan your computer with the Windows Live neCare safety scanner.
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Halo Franchise Development Group at Microsoft is Developing… the …
Seattle Post Intelligencer
I don’t know if they are going to trust the future Halo games to an external 2nd party developer like or to build an internal team to do it. The era of Bungie being in charge of on Halo is coming to an end this year. Creative interactive artistic works like Halo are not typical Microsoft product like Excell or Powerpoint where a software program could be developed to a preset specifications with an exchangeable software development group. There is an extremely high turnover rate in the world of video game development but it is a good sign to see some of the experienced captains with their hands on the wheel. We are in a transition from a Bungie created world of Halo to a Microsoft created world of Halo. I think Master Chief is in good hands and we are going to see some great media and games in the future.