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Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware

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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-0199
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Office and WordPad via crafted document files
7.899%KEVRansomwarePoC ×6
KEV

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT . Remcos RAT "provides purchases with a wide range of advanced features to remotely control computers belonging to the buyer," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Xiaopeng Zhang said in an analysis published last week.

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