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A new Equation Editor exploit goes commercial, as maldoc attacks using it spike

by unitedimaging on July 18, 2019

There is a distinct point of maturation in the life cycle of an Office exploit: the point where it becomes generally available for the crimeware groups. Before that point the […]

5 ways to avoid a GDPR fine

by unitedimaging on July 12, 2019

In the last week both British Airways (BA) and Marriott Hotels have hit the headlines because of eyewatering GDPR fines – $229 million for BA and $123 million for Marriott. […]

‘Oto Gonderici’ Excel formula injections target Turkish victims

by unitedimaging on July 11, 2019

SophosLabs has been tracking the activities of a threat actor implicated in a large number of malicious spam attacks targeting large organizations based in Turkey since last fall. The attacks […]

16 critical vulnerabilities, some being exploited, fixed in July, 2019 Windows updates

by unitedimaging on July 9, 2019

Microsoft released their monthly security updates for July today. This month’s fixes address 77 vulnerabilities that affect Windows and a range of software that runs on Windows, mainly Internet Explorer, […]

CVE-2019-0888: Use-After-Free in Windows ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

by unitedimaging on July 9, 2019

The SophosLabs Offensive Security Research team discovered a security vulnerability in the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) component of Windows. Microsoft resolved the issue in the June 2019 edition of Patch […]