How Hackers Turn Microsoft Excel's Own Features Against It
How Hackers Turn Microsoft Excel's Own Features Against It
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
June 28, 20195m 55s
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Show Notes
You probably think of Microsoft's classic spreadsheet program Excel as mostly boring. Sure, it can wrangle data, but it's not exactly Apex Legends. For hackers, though, it's a lot of fun. Like the rest of the Office 365 suite, attackers often manipulate Excel to launch their digital strikes. And two recent findings demonstrate how the program's own legitimate features can be used against it.
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