Sophos Labs reported an exploit developed by hackers to bypass a critical flaw concerning the Microsoft Office file format. The attackers drop the Formbook malware on targeted systems. Microsoft had already fixed the security issue as part of its September 2021 Patch Tuesday updates. People are suggested to be suspicious of email documents coming within an archive or unknown formats.
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