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Zero-day threat using Microsoft Office documents – even if macros are disabled – it’s called Follina

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I have written about the usefulness and the threat that Microsoft Office document macros can pose to your cyber security. This flaw, called Follina, exploits Office functionality to retrieve an HTML file, and Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) to run some malicious code, which can lead to privilege escalation attacks. …

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New attack using Microsoft Office documents – could you or your team recognise it?

We all send and receive Microsoft Office documents, day in and day out, using email. It is how businesses and organisations work in a Microsoft Business World – even if you have a Mac or an iPad. So any attack vector that combine a Microsoft Word document with email is …

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