Tag: tibet

  • Microsoft Word for Mac exploit used in targeted attacks

    Tibetan NGOs targeted. Researchers at Alienvault have discovered a targeted attack against Tibetan NGOs that uses a three-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac . The attack exploits vulnerability MS09-027, which was discovered and subsequently patched by Microsoft in 2009. On unpatched systems, a specially crafted malicious document allows for remote code execution, giving the…