Cybercriminals exploited a well-known Microsoft Office vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) the most in 2017, according to new research. The hackers usually used this flaw to spread banking trojans and ransomware, experts say. Recorded Future released a report Tuesday detailing the top 10 vulnerabilities used by cybercriminals in 2017. Microsoft products made up seven of the 10 vulnerabilities that were exploited the most. In previous years, Adobe Flash exploits instead topped the list. Private sector cybersecurity researchers originally became aware of the Microsoft Office-related vulnerability around April 2017. The damage was often caused by hackers sending out infected PowerPoint shows though spearphishing emails. PowerPoint is a software program within Microsoft Office. “Attackers are using the PowerPoint Show (PPSX) format — a slide presentation that starts showing automatically — in order to reduce the chances that the victim sees anything amiss with the slides,” Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud security at Trend Micro, told DarkReading last year. In many […]
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