OLE 0day affects nearly all versions of Microsoft Word

Security issues with Word documents are nothing new, but they have a tendency to rely on macros -- something which users have learned to become very wary of. But now security firms FireEye and McAfee have discovered a new attack strategy that takes advantage of Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). The attack can be used to infect even a fully patched computer with malware, and it is believed to be effected in most -- if not all -- versions of Microsoft Word, and Windows 10 offers no protection. The 0day works by using code embedded in a document to… [Continue Reading]