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Hackers are sending fake purchase order emails to trick recipients into opening Word documents that deliver XLoader, an information-stealing malware.
Summary
The attack uses an embedded document, an old Microsoft Equation Editor vulnerability, and several script stages to reach its final payload.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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