ESET researchers have recently discovered and analyzed a 0-day exploit deployed in a highly targeted attack in Eastern Europe. The exploit used a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. ESET immediately reported the issue to the Microsoft Security Response Center,Read More…

Researchers have identified a critical security vulnerability in Microsoft Office’s Excel spreadsheet program, that allows an attacker to trigger a malware attack on remote systems. A Microsoft Excel feature called Power Query can be exploited to plant malware on remote systems. Researchers at Mimecast Threat Center say they have developed aRead More…