Serious leak in Microsoft Excel puts 120 million users at risk
Mimecast security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Power Query, a feature in Microsoft Excel that exposes 120 million users to a possible attack. A patch is not yet available.
Power Query is a business intelligence tool that allows users to integrate their Excel spreadsheets with other... Read more
Microsoft Excel digitizes data tables printed with smartphone camera
Microsoft comes up with an interesting new feature for the mobile version of Excel. If you have the software on your smartphone, you will be able to take a picture of a data table printed on paper. The Excel app then converts it into a fully editable spreadsheet.
Microsoft announces this in a blog o... Read more
Malware Trickbot now also uses Excel file to steal login codes
Trickbot, the malware that had previously conventionally gone after bank details, now uses a Microsoft Excel file to capture user login codes. The new module is called pwgrab32 and tries to steal autofill data, browsing history and usernames and passwords from browsers and various other apps via a M... Read more
Microsoft unveils many new features for OneDrive app and web version
Microsoft is rolling out a lot of new features for the iOS and Android versions of the OneDrive app this month. The web version of the Microsoft service will also be given new functions. The updates are, as usual at Microsoft, aimed at increasing productivity. Sharing documents and notes will soon b... Read more