Excel pivot table data leak leads to £120,000 fine for London council

A London council has been fined £120,000 for accidentally revealing the names of people who owned empty properties. An error that could have been avoided with a simple double-click.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks

A newly discovered unpatched attacking method that exploits a built-in feature of Microsoft Office is currently being used in various widespread malware attack campaigns.

Last week we reported how hackers could leveraging an old Microsoft Office featu… Continue reading Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks

Wolf in sheep’s clothing: a SophosLabs investigation into delivering malware via VBA

SophosLabs gets under the skin of the bad guys’ latest attempt to drop ransomware on to your PCs Continue reading Wolf in sheep’s clothing: a SophosLabs investigation into delivering malware via VBA