Tag: office exploits
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VB2019 paper: Static analysis methods for detection of Microsoft Office exploits
Though the typical malware attack in 2020 arrives by email and is executed via the enabling of Office macros, some attacks exploit (patched) vulnerabilities in Office that allow for the execution of malicious code when someone merely opens the file. In a paper presented at VB2019 in London, McAfee researcher Chintan Shah presented methods for…