Hackers Exploited 17-year-old Vulnerability to Weaponize Word Documents

https://cybersecuritynews.com/17-year-old-vulnerability-word-documents/

Security researchers at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that uses weaponized Microsoft Word documents to deliver information-stealing malware to unsuspecting Windows users.

The attack exploits a well-known vulnerability to deploy FormBook, a dangerous malware variant designed to harvest sensitive user credentials and data.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/958401