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Attackers turn to auto-updating links instead of macros to deliver malware - Help Net Security

Reported by helpnetsecurity.com

SANS ISC handler Xavier Mertens has flagged and analyzed a malicious Word file that, somehow, is made to automatically download an additional malicious RTF file, ultimately leading to a RAT infection.

What is curious about this particular attack is that it uses an approach that Mertens has never encountered before: the file exploits a Microsoft Word feature that can make files automatically update links included in them as soon as they are opened.

Read the full article at helpnetsecurity.com