Collaborate Disseminate
Phishing works no matter how hard a company tries to protect its customers or employees.
Security researchers have been warning of a new phishing attack that cybercriminals and email scammers are using in the wild to bypass the Advanced Threat Protect… Continue reading Email Phishers Using New Way to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Protections
After abusing Microsoft Office macros, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), attackers have found a new document feature they can leverage to execute malicious code on computers. The new attack vector was first documented… Continue reading Attackers Test New Document Attack Vector That Slips Past Office Defenses
In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a disabled-by-default patch for Spectre 4, Adobe plugs a zero-day Flash vulnerability that can be exploited via Excel, and there are fixes for DNS, black screens, and Cortana.
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Shortly after Microsoft announced support for custom JavaScript functions in Excel, someone demonstrated what could possibly go wrong if this feature is abused for malicious purposes.
As promised last year at Microsoft’s Ignite 2017 conference, the co… Continue reading Microsoft Adds Support for JavaScript in Excel—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Security researchers revealed a way around that some hacking groups have been found using in the wild to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Office 365, which is originally designed to protect users from malware and phishing attacks.
Dubbed Safe Li… Continue reading Hackers Found Using A New Way to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Safe Links
Endpoint detection and antiphishing tools can help users filter basic spam email, but detecting malspam in PDF and Microsoft Office documents requires a more thorough investigation.
The post Analyzing PDF and Office Documents Delivered Via Malspam appeared first on Security Intelligence.
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Can you get hacked just by clicking on a malicious link or opening a website? — YES.
Microsoft has just released its April month’s Patch Tuesday security updates, which addresses multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and o… Continue reading Warning: Your Windows PC Can Get Hacked by Just Visiting a Site
Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for 66 bugs, 24 of which are rated critical. Continue reading Microsoft Fixes 66 Bugs in April Patch Tuesday Release
A new wave of document attacks targeting inboxes do not require enabling macros in order for adversaries to trigger an infection chain that ultimately delivers FormBook malware. Continue reading Word Attachment Delivers FormBook Malware, No Macros Required
Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it has become an albatross around everyone’s neck, targeting big businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and individuals worldwide and extorting millions of dollars.
Last year, we saw some major ra… Continue reading Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced Security Features