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RSA 2017: Microsoft Word Intruders step outside Office for the first time
Naked Security Specifically, the exploit targeted vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player outlined in CVE-2016- 4117. This exploit was also added to major exploit kits such as Angler, Neutrino and Magnitude in May 2016. In one scenario, a vulnerable Flash object was … |
However, security researchers have now detected the first in-the-wild instance of hackers are making use of malicious macros in Word documents to install malware on Mac computers and steal your data – an old Windows technique. The hack tricks victims …
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B&N Says 'Word Games' Can't Save Data Breach Suit
Law360 (subscription) Law360, New York (February 1, 2017, 5:52 PM EST) — Barnes & Noble on Tuesday pushed an Illinois federal judge to can for the third and final time a proposed class action over a data breach at the retailer, arguing that the consumers are using "word … |
A new ransomware program written in Windows PowerShell is being used in attacks against enterprises, including health care organizations, researchers warn.
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework that’s included in Windows and is commonly used by systems administrators. It has its own powerful scripting language that has been used to create sophisticated malware in the past.
The new ransomware program, dubbed PowerWare, was discovered by researchers from security firm Carbon Black and is being distributed to victims via phishing emails containing Word documents with malicious macros, an increasingly common attack technique.
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