Security News > 2017 > June > Beware! This Microsoft PowerPoint Hack Installs Malware Without Requiring Macros (The Hackers News)
2017-06-07 05:29
"Disable macros and always be extra careful when you manually enable it while opening Microsoft Office Word documents." You might have heard of above-mentioned security warning multiple times on the Internet as hackers usually leverage this decade old macros-based hacking technique to hack computers through specially crafted Microsoft Office files, particularly Word, attached to spam emails.
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