Microsoft Office Mail Attachment Containing Malicious Downloader

A Microsoft Office Mail attachment containing a malicious downloader was observed as part of Locky ransomware campaign. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those downloaders and convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the targe...

How Just Opening an MS Word Doc Can Hijack Every File On Your System

If you receive a mail masquerading as a company's invoice and containing a Microsoft Word file, think twice before clicking on it. Doing so could cripple your system and could lead to a catastrophic destruction. Hackers are believed to be carrying out social engineering hoaxes by adopting...

Locky Ransomware Borrows Tricks from Dridex

It’s been difficult to keep track of all the different strains of ransomware that have plagued users over the last year or two. Unlike many of them the latest to grab headlines is spreading through a decidedly old school vector: document-based macros. Named Locky, the ransomware appears to borrow...