Security News > 2017 > October > Locky Ransomware Spam Infects via Microsoft Office
2017-10-20 11:19
Look Ma, No Macros: Malicious Spam Wields Windows Application-Linking FeatureSpammers wielding Locky ransomware have a new trick up their sleeve: the ability to infect PCs via malicious Microsoft Word documents that use the Dynamic Data Exchange application-linking feature built into Windows to push ransomware onto victims' systems.
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