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#CCleaner Compromise; Word #INCLUDEPICTURE; security.txt file
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CCleaner Compromise
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html
http://www.piriform.com/news/release-announcements/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users
Word INCLUDEPICTURE Feature Abuse
https://securelist.com/an-undocumented-word-feature-abused-by-attackers/81899/
security.txt file
https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-foudil-securitytxt-00.txt
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html
http://www.piriform.com/news/release-announcements/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users
Word INCLUDEPICTURE Feature Abuse
https://securelist.com/an-undocumented-word-feature-abused-by-attackers/81899/
security.txt file
https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-foudil-securitytxt-00.txt
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt
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