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Ukraine Targeted in Cyberattack Exploiting 7-Year-Old Microsoft Office Flaw

Written by Nathan Zych | Jun 1, 2024 10:48:41 AM

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a targeted cyberattack against Ukraine that exploits a nearly seven-year-old flaw in Microsoft Office to deploy Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The attack chain, which occurred at the end of 2023 as reported by Deep Instinct, begins with a PowerPoint slideshow file named “signal-2023-12-20-160512.ppsx”.

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