Hackers Exploit Recently Disclosed Microsoft Office Bug to Backdoor PCs

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by Mohit Kumar, 29 Nov 2017.

  1. Mohit Kumar

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    A recently disclosed severe 17-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Office that lets hackers install malware on targeted computers without user interaction is now being exploited in the wild to distribute a backdoor malware. First spotted by researchers at security firm Fortinet, the malware has been dubbed Cobalt because it uses a component from a powerful and legitimate penetration testing
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