Hackers have released attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Word software — the third such bug to be disclosed in the past week. The proof of concept code was posted ...
Hackers have released another attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Word software—the third such bug to be disclosed in the past week. The proof-of-concept code was posted ...
The gang behind the Dridex computer trojan has adopted an unpatched Microsoft Word exploit and used it to target millions of users. The exploit’s existence was revealed Friday by security researchers ...
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Attackers are exploiting the just-patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) by hiding malicious ActiveX controls in Microsoft Word documents, a security company said Thursday. “Inside the ...
The new attack is a Word doc containing shell code and malware that targets a vulnerability Microsoft just patched on Tuesday Security researchers spotted an attack Wednesday that exploits a ...
The vulnerability, which is a buffer overflow problem, affects Office 2000 and Office XP, according to Dave Marcus, a security research manager for McAfee Avert Labs. McAfee received a copy of the ...
For September’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft provided several updates to fix 59 vulnerabilities. Microsoft classifies five vulnerabilities as critical and the rest, with the exception of one, as high risk ...
Hackers have released attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Word software — the third such bug to be disclosed in the past week. The proof of concept code was posted ...