Document Shell Code Attacks Loom Large
Experts working with the ISS X-Force group said that they've seen a rapid increase in the volume and variety of shell-code execution attacks leveled at their customers over the last 12 months.
Many times, the infected documents are being distributed inside specific organizations by hackers who disguise the threats as legitimate files being disseminated within a business via e-mail. Unlike many Web-based threats, the seemingly-innocuous documents typically give no warning that they actually carry malware code.
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