Security News > 2017 > October > Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks
2017-10-20 03:07
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 feature called Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), to perform malicious code execution on the targeted device without requiring Macros enabled or memory
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