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1. #Silverlight for mac update update#
2. #Silverlight for mac update Patch#
3. #Silverlight for mac update software#
4. #Silverlight for mac update code#
5. #Silverlight for mac update trial#

#Silverlight for mac update update#

The update to Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Silverlight validates decoder results.

#Silverlight for mac update Patch#

Microsoft confirmed the zero-day (CVE-2016-0034) and issued a patch on January 12, 2016. And to exploit the vulnerability, “an attacker could host a website that contains a specially crafted Silverlight application, and then convince a user to visit the compromised website,” often by enticing them to click a link in an email or instant message.Įxploit kits are typically based on a “drive-by download attack” delivery technique, and installation can start silently in the background simply by visiting a website.

#Silverlight for mac update code#

The remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Silverlight 5 (before 2.0) “decodes strings using a malicious decoder that can return negative offsets that cause Silverlight to replace unsafe object headers with contents provided by an attacker,” according to the Microsoft security team. The vulnerability that is being exploited is described as follows:ĬVE-2016-0034 : Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 2.0 mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (object-header corruption) via a crafted web site, aka “Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.” This update detects the minimum bundle version for Silverlight, protecting Mac users from Microsoft Silverlight 5 before version 2.0. This is part of a wider global launch in which the service made its debut to 40 markets.Malware + Security News Apple Updates XProtect to Detect Microsoft Silverlight Exploitįollowing the discovery of a Microsoft Silverlight exploit, Apple has updated its ist malware definitions file to version 2073. Initially aiming for 100 customer sign-ups when the offering was first made available to local customers via a syndicated partnership with StarHub in April, Redmond currently has about 500 businesses registered for the service.īesides Singapore, Office 365 is also available in the region in Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia, the company stated. Interest in the online productivity suite is gaining traction within Singapore, revealed Jessica Tan, managing director of Microsoft Singapore, during the briefing.

"Previously, I would have 300 spam daily in spite of the spam filter we had installed but this has gone down to zero after we signed up for Office 365," he said during the media briefing.

#Silverlight for mac update software#

Rohan Kamis, managing partner of midsize accounting firm Rohan Mah & Partners, added that the e-mail spam filtering technology found in Redmond's online e-mail service is a marked improvement to the antispam software he had previously deployed. This is no longer an issue with Office 365, he noted. For instance, companies with a three-month password refresh cycle were instead constrained by the time limit of one to two months imposed by Microsoft. For example, he said Microsoft executives admitted that the inflexible provisioning of user password and refresh cycle had been a bane to IT administrators. In terms of functionality, Cheng lauded Office 365 as an improvement to its predecessor BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite). Comparatively, Office 365 offers a "seamless integration" from the standpoints of both user experience and technology, he said. He pointed out that there is also a "learning curve" that needs to be overcome by the employees while the IT department will have to manage "another island of applications". Tools such as Docs and Chat, he explained, are not as "advanced" and enterprise-friendly as Microsoft's Office and Lync communication offerings.

#Silverlight for mac update trial#

Quizzed why the car distributor chose Office 365 over alternatives such as Google Apps, Cheng said that the company had given Google's productivity tool a month's trial but found it to be a "consumer-grade product". The executive was speaking to ZDNet Asia on the sidelines of a media briefing held in conjunction with the Office 365 launch in Singapore today.

Additionally, the cloud offering is a bonus as a regular complaint of Kah Motor staff had been the lack of on-the-go access for the on-premise Office suite, he added.