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Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.5 Update for Mac OS X

2010-06-14/0 Comments/in Mac OS X/by admin

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS10-038. This security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security updates for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-038.mspx This update improves security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the […]

Information Security vs Information Privacy

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Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.5 Update for Mac OS X

2010-06-14/0 Comments/in Mac OS X/by admin

Information Security vs Information Privacy

2010-06-14/0 Comments/in Privacy/by admin

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Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.5 Update for Mac OS X

2010-06-14/0 Comments/in Mac OS X/by admin

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-038.mspx

This update improves security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. Additionally, this update contains improvements that enhance the stability and performance of Office 2008 for Mac applications.

Improvements that are included in the update

The Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.5 Update includes the following improvements. Improvements for all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications.

Helps improve security
This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2008 that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. For more information, see the security bulletin that is listed earlier in this document.
Custom dictionary is improved
This update fixes issues that prevent the custom dictionary from including words from different languages.

Before you install the Office 2008 12.2.5 Update, make sure that the computer is running Mac OS X 10.4.9 (Tiger) or a later version of the Mac OS X operating system.

To verify that the computer meets this prerequisite, click About This Mac on the Apple menu.

Additionally, you must install Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.0 Update before you install the Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.5 Update.

To verify the update that is installed on your computer, follow these steps:

On the Go menu, click Applications.
Open the Microsoft Office 2008 folder, and then open any Office application (for example, open Word).
On the Word menu, click About Word.
In the About Word dialog box, compare the version number next to Latest Installed Update.

The Office 2008 12.2.5 Update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate. AutoUpdate is a program that automatically keeps Microsoft software up-to-date.

To use AutoUpdate, start a Microsoft Office program. Then, on the Help menu, click Check for Updates.

THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO:

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition
Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac
Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac

Information Security vs Information Privacy

2010-06-14/0 Comments/in Privacy/by admin

Information technology conflicting with personal and information privacy has been a major topic in recent months keeping privacy organizations including the Washington D.C. based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) busy as the premiere privacy watchdog in the U.S. For example, recent issues such as Google asking the NSA for assistance in the investigation of a cyber-attack that occurred on its network. In addition, the initial roll-out of Google’s social networking application “Buzz” that caused quit a stir due to how Google automatically suggested and added Gmail contacts to its followed list. Now, with recent allegations that the Lower Merion School District in PA used remote-controlled web cameras attached to laptops to spy on high school students has surfaced and is under investigations.<!– wp_ad_camp_1 –>

Information security and personal privacy has been increasingly important as our reliance to the Internet has grown in all areas including business and play. Many people try to understand how much privacy they are you willing to give up for security and many people often confuse the concept of security and privacy to be synonymous.

Information privacy is an individuals claim that data about themselves should not be automatically available to other individuals and organizations while information security means protecting information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification or destruction.

What are you view on information security and your information privacy? How much of your information privacy would you be willing to give up to ensure your information security level?