RIP Office 2010? Not so fast!

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PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Well … we thought we’d seen the last of Office Version 2010. But Microsoft surprised us by pushing out a batch of N
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Eh, I don’t use Outlook (besides the calendar), and only really use Word and Excel, so I’m quite happy with 2010. The UI in the newer versions is horrible, though there are a couple of other nice features I’d like. For casual home use though, 2010 does me just fine.

Not exactly much of a security problem as long as I don’t open any .xlsm files or whatevs from people I don’t know.

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Hi Susan

Re: Win10 2004/20H2 blocking and Conexant

I just wanted to note that the  Conexant issue is also blocking many consumer HP laptops from upgrading to 2004/20H2.  I know for sure that older Envy and Spectre models which are a similar age to the Dell machine you mentioned are impacted.

Congrats on your new AskWoody role BTW!

Thanks HS

 

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Just a hint for those intending to use Office 2010 further

0patch supports Office 2010 with micro patches after the end of support (EOL)

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Office 2010 will become more dangerous to use — especially when it comes to email phishing attacks.

Evidence? The most targeted still is the O365. Am I mistaken?

A recent Trend Micro article noted that a U.S. Secret Service bulletin warned of phishing attacks specifically targeting organizations using Office 365.

https://www.askwoody.com/askwoody-newsletter-alerts/office-365-the-trendy-new-phishing-target/

Old article, but still valid to me. Cant post exact statistics here, but Id like to. But I dont know how to find them. Also I think that phishing attack requires user action – click the link. So for me, it makes no difference in O365 or O2010.
O365 has more phishing attacks. So its even more dangerous to me.

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doriel wrote:

Also I think that phishing attack requires user action

Nope, the latest bugs allow infection by viewing in Outlook.
https://www.askwoody.com/2020/october-patched-security-holes-are-getting-hit-hard/

cheers, Paul

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doriel

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Latest bug CVE-2020-16947? Yes it does require action.

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16947

Maybe we are both talking about different vulnerabilities.

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