New Targeted Attacks using Powerpoint
Posted
Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:39 AM
by
hwaldron
Users who keep their Anti-virus, Windows and Office products properly patched can avoid this latest round of Powerpoint based attacks.
New Targeted Attacks using Powerpoint
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/09/25/blast-from-the-past-fresh-wave-of-targeted-attacks-using-powerpoint/
QUOTE: Lately, we have observed an increase in the number of OLE files being used as targeted attacks against various high profile users. The malicious PPT file is exploiting an older vulnerability which was patched by Microsoft in ms06-028 bulletin. This attack is detected with the current DATS as Exploit-PPT.h and the dropped malicious executable is detected as BackDoor-EFB