A team hackers managed to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Word and carry out attacks to Taiwan's government and educational institutions.
Microsoft recently issued a security bulletin for a serious vulnerability in Word software and soon released a "fix-it" patch to protect its customers. However, as with most updates, many did not update their software and systems and thus were vulnerable to hacker attacks.
This also happened in Taiwan where hackers carried out attacks against the Taiwanese government and the "Taidoor" educational institutions.
Hackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Word that had not been updated on the systems they hit. Hackers sent emails post officey with malicious attachments and catchy headlines like national polls, thereby tricking workers who opened to view the content. This is how they were able to steal sensitive government data.
This attack is once again reminding the importance of software and operating software updates.
