Tag: Microsoft Office
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability
The threat posed by CVE‑2026‑21509 stems from how Microsoft Office handles untrusted inputs during key OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) security decisions. Review the Cybersecurity Threat Advisory below to learn more and reduce your exposure. What is the threat? With...
Tech Time Warp: ExploreZip offers yet another reminder to beware the unexpected attachment
The timing of news that pirated versions of Microsoft Office software are spreading “malware cocktails” is interesting. After all, it was also in early June (back in 1999) that the ExploreZip virus destroyed Microsoft Office files the world over. Let’s...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New vulnerability for Windows users
A new vulnerability has been identified which could compromise the security of Windows users. The vulnerability discussed in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory, known as “forced authentication,” gives an attacker access to a user’s NT LAN Manager (NTLM) tokens by tricking...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft zero-day exploit
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a high-severity Microsoft Office and Windows HTML remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2023-36884, with a base CVSS score of 8.3 has been discovered. Through this vulnerability attackers can execute arbitrary code on affected systems, leading to...
