Microsoft Outlook Warning: Critical New Email Exploit Triggers Automatically(forbes.com)
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Microsoft Outlook Warning: Critical New Email Exploit Triggers Automatically
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2023/03/16/microsoft-outlook-warning-critical-new-email-exploit-triggers-automatically-update-now/
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Should we kill Outlook and use web based O365 until a patch is released?
O365 web based mail has been pretty good for a while now compared with Outlook if you're in the MS ecosystem. I might just make the switch now and see how I get on.
O365 web based mail has been pretty good for a while now compared with Outlook if you're in the MS ecosystem. I might just make the switch now and see how I get on.
Ironically, there's been a lot of angst because Microsoft keeps hinting that the future of the Outlook Desktop client is just a React Native version of the web app with just enough backward compatibility guts to support a lot of old extensions so that Big Enterprise customers don't filet them for breaking weird old workflows.
Which is to say that even Microsoft seems to be acting and hinting like the web app is better than Outlook Desktop and Outlook Desktop's days are numbered, it mostly exists as a legacy platform for weird Enterprise things.
A switch now might actually be a leg up to the rumored "One Outlook".
Which is to say that even Microsoft seems to be acting and hinting like the web app is better than Outlook Desktop and Outlook Desktop's days are numbered, it mostly exists as a legacy platform for weird Enterprise things.
A switch now might actually be a leg up to the rumored "One Outlook".
Personally I agree with this with the addition of O365 and we go back to text only email :)
But unfortunately, doing that would cause lots of issues for many Companies and Marketers. IBM Notes is still being sold by a company in India, I wonder if that could be an alternative. I doubt there are any/many security issues with that due to how hard it is to setup.
But unfortunately, doing that would cause lots of issues for many Companies and Marketers. IBM Notes is still being sold by a company in India, I wonder if that could be an alternative. I doubt there are any/many security issues with that due to how hard it is to setup.
Article said a patch was released tuesday
You’ll be fine. I got a new MacBook in late 2019. I never installed the Outlook client and use my work mail exclusively via O365 client and my phone. I’ve never felt like I wanted to install the client.
TLDR: "Alternatively, you can block outbound TCP 445/SMB using a firewall or through VPN settings."
Simple and easy: don't allow TCP 445 outside your LAN
Simple and easy: don't allow TCP 445 outside your LAN
Nearly a year, very nice. Adding to the list of reasons why I hate outlook.