Microsoft will block two Windows installer formats in Outlook from November

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Europe/UK: Tech.eu / Sifted / TNW / Silicon Republic / UKTN / Computer Weekly / heise / Golem / t3n / Maddyness / FrenchWeb at 07 Oct, 17:20 UTC

Microsoft will add .msix and .msixbundle to Outlook’s blocked attachment list in early November, closing an email route for a packaging format its own threat researchers watched four criminal groups abuse in 2023. Renaming the extension still gets a package through, and the change lands as a…

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• T2Microsoft will block two Windows installer formats in Outlook from NovemberEurope/UK: Tech.eu / Sifted / TNW / Silicon Republic / UKTN / Computer Weekly / heise / Golem / t3n / Maddyness / FrenchWeb07 Oct, 17:20