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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>New Delhi: The number of exploits for vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Office suite<\/a> increased, accounting for 82 per cent of the total number of exploits across different platforms and software, such as Adobe Flash<\/a>, Android, Java<\/a> etc in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, a report said on Tuesday.

According to a report by Kaspersky, old versions of applications remain the main targets for attackers, with almost 547,000 users in total being affected through corresponding vulnerabilities in the last quarter.

Moreover, the number of users affected by the
Microsoft MSHTML<\/a> Remote Code Execution vulnerability, which was previously spotted in targeted attacks, skyrocketed eight times.

\"Since the vulnerability is quite easy to use, we expect an increase in its exploitation. Criminals craft malicious documents and convince their victims to open them through social engineering techniques,\" Alexander Kolesnikov, malware analyst at Kaspersky, said in a statement.

\"The
Microsoft Office<\/a> application then downloads and executes a malicious script. To be on the safe side, it is vital to install the vendor's patch, use security solutions capable of detecting vulnerability exploitation, and to keep employees aware of modern cyberthreats<\/a>,\" Kolesnikov added.

Kaspersky experts found that exploits for the vulnerability, designated CVE-2021-40444, were used to attack almost 5,000 people in Q2, which is eight times more than during Q1.

This zero-day vulnerability in
Internet Explorer<\/a>'s engine MSHTML was first reported in September 2021.

The engine is a system component used by
Microsoft<\/a> Office applications to handle web content. When exploited, it enables the remote execution of malicious code on victims' computers.
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更多的用户通过老Microsoft Office漏洞攻击Q2:报告

据卡巴斯基,旧版本的应用程序保持攻击的主要目标,总共有近547000用户通过相应的漏洞在去年最后一个季度受影响。

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新德里:利用的漏洞微软办公套件增加,占总数的82%,利用不同的平台和软件等Adobe Flash安卓系统,Java等2022年第二季度(Q2),周二的一份报告中说。

据卡巴斯基,旧版本的应用程序保持攻击的主要目标,总共有近547000用户通过相应的漏洞在去年最后一个季度受影响。

此外,用户数量的影响微软[远程代码执行漏洞,曾发现有针对性的攻击,飙升的8倍。

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“自漏洞很容易使用,我们希望增加其剥削。罪犯工艺恶意文件和说服受害者打开他们通过社会工程技术,”亚历山大•Kolesnikov卡巴斯基的恶意软件分析师在一份声明中说。

微软办公软件应用程序然后下载并执行恶意脚本。在安全方面,它是至关重要的供应商的补丁,安装使用安全解决方案能够检测漏洞剥削,让员工意识到现代网络威胁,”Kolesnikov补充道。

卡巴斯基专家发现,利用漏洞,指定的cve - 2021 - 40444,在Q2用来攻击近5000人,这比在Q1的8倍。

这个零日漏洞Internet Explorer的引擎[2021年9月首次报道。

发动机是系统所使用的组件微软办公应用程序来处理web内容。利用时,它使受害者的电脑上远程执行恶意代码。
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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>New Delhi: The number of exploits for vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Office suite<\/a> increased, accounting for 82 per cent of the total number of exploits across different platforms and software, such as Adobe Flash<\/a>, Android, Java<\/a> etc in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, a report said on Tuesday.

According to a report by Kaspersky, old versions of applications remain the main targets for attackers, with almost 547,000 users in total being affected through corresponding vulnerabilities in the last quarter.

Moreover, the number of users affected by the
Microsoft MSHTML<\/a> Remote Code Execution vulnerability, which was previously spotted in targeted attacks, skyrocketed eight times.

\"Since the vulnerability is quite easy to use, we expect an increase in its exploitation. Criminals craft malicious documents and convince their victims to open them through social engineering techniques,\" Alexander Kolesnikov, malware analyst at Kaspersky, said in a statement.

\"The
Microsoft Office<\/a> application then downloads and executes a malicious script. To be on the safe side, it is vital to install the vendor's patch, use security solutions capable of detecting vulnerability exploitation, and to keep employees aware of modern cyberthreats<\/a>,\" Kolesnikov added.

Kaspersky experts found that exploits for the vulnerability, designated CVE-2021-40444, were used to attack almost 5,000 people in Q2, which is eight times more than during Q1.

This zero-day vulnerability in
Internet Explorer<\/a>'s engine MSHTML was first reported in September 2021.

The engine is a system component used by
Microsoft<\/a> Office applications to handle web content. When exploited, it enables the remote execution of malicious code on victims' computers.
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