Article 5ZJW0 It's 2022 and there are still malware-laden PDFs in emails exploiting bugs from 2017

It's 2022 and there are still malware-laden PDFs in emails exploiting bugs from 2017

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Story ImageCrafty file names, encrypted malicious code, Office flaws - ah, it's like the Before Times

HP's cybersecurity folks have uncovered an email campaign that ticks all the boxes: messages with a PDF attached that embeds a Word document that upon opening infects the victim's Windows PC with malware by exploiting a four-year-old code-execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office....

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