Security News > 2017 > November > Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Using (Unpatched) Microsoft Office DDE Exploit
2017-11-09 01:07
Cybercriminals, including state-sponsored hackers, have started actively exploiting a newly discovered Microsoft Office vulnerability that Microsoft does not consider as a security issue and has already denied to patch it. Last month, we reported how hackers could leverage a built-in feature of Microsoft Office feature, called Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), to perform code execution on the
News URL
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~3/NJpDug3pK2o/apt28-office-dde-malware.html
Related news
- APT-C-60 Hackers Exploit StatCounter and Bitbucket in SpyGlace Malware Campaign (source)
- Hackers exploit ProjectSend flaw to backdoor exposed servers (source)
- Wanted Russian Hacker Linked to Hive and LockBit Ransomware Arrested (source)
- North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use Russian Email Addresses for Credential Theft Attacks (source)
- Hackers Use Corrupted ZIPs and Office Docs to Evade Antivirus and Email Defenses (source)
- Russian hackers hijack Pakistani hackers' servers for their own attacks (source)
- Russian hackers hijack Pakistani hackers' servers for their own attacks (source)
- Russia-Linked Turla Exploits Pakistani Hackers' Servers to Target Afghan and Indian Entities (source)
- Hackers Target Uyghurs and Tibetans with MOONSHINE Exploit and DarkNimbus Backdoor (source)
- Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service (source)