When the news broke about CVE-2025-47173—a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office—the severity of the flaw reverberated across IT communities and enterprise environments worldwide. This security weakness, rooted in improper input validation by Microsoft Office...
Microsoft Office has again found itself at the center of a serious security conversation with the recent disclosure of CVE-2025-47167, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that exploits a classic but devastating software weakness: type confusion. As cyber threats continue to evolve and...
As cyber threats targeting Microsoft 365 continue to evolve, organizations must remain vigilant to protect their critical productivity tools. Recent analyses have identified several pressing security challenges that demand immediate attention.
1. Privilege Escalation
Attackers often exploit...
When it comes to the Byzantine world of Office security settings, no feature brings sysadmins and IT pros to their knees quite like the saga of ActiveX controls. If you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of untangling why two employees, with identical systems, wind up on opposite ends of the ActiveX...
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When Microsoft finally decides to pull the plug on an ancient bit of technology, you can almost hear the collective sigh—from hackers (of frustration) and IT veterans (of delayed relief). Such is the story with ActiveX. If you haven’t crossed paths with it, consider yourself lucky—or possibly...