{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"4GoodHosting Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog","author_name":"4GHadmin","author_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/author\/4goodhosting\/","title":"Avoid Hacks Related to New Microsoft Outlook Flaw - 4GoodHosting Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"w0PrxUz2uG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/avoid-hacks-related-new-microsoft-outlook-flaw\/\">Avoid Hacks Related to New Microsoft Outlook Flaw<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/avoid-hacks-related-new-microsoft-outlook-flaw\/embed\/#?secret=w0PrxUz2uG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Avoid Hacks Related to New Microsoft Outlook Flaw&#8221; &#8212; 4GoodHosting Blog\" data-secret=\"w0PrxUz2uG\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"These days most of us won\u2019t pay much attention to a collection of seemingly random letter and numbers with dashes, but when it comes to this one &#8211; CVE 2018-0950 &#8211; anyone using Microsoft Outlook email may want to pay a little more of it. CVE 2018-0950 is the name that\u2019s been given to an information disclosure vulnerability of Outlook, and Microsoft released a vulnerability patch this month. Every quality Canadian web hosting provider takes the initiative to keep their customers informed in these scenarios, and we\u2019re no different here at 4GoodHosting. This one in fact is particularly noteworthy with the fact that Outlook is one of the most popular and common email applications. Given the nature of this flaw and the reality that much personal information can be contained in email communications, this one isn\u2019t one to be taken lightly The release of the patch mentioned above, however, came nearly more than 18 months after receiving the report that disclosed the bug, courtesy of one Will Dormann, a software vulnerability analyst with Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute\u2019s CERT Coordination Center. This vulnerability can make it so that sensitive information is then disclosed to a malicious site. Obviously, Microsoft Outlook [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AdobeStock_192998813.png","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":400}