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    US Cyber Command warns of nation-state hackers exploiting Outlook

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    07.02.2019

    The recent surge in state-backed hacking campaigns isn't dying down any time soon. US Cyber Command has reported that unnamed state actors are making "active malicious use" of a 2017-era Outlook vulnerability (long since patched) to escape the email client's sandbox and run malware on a target system. While officials didn't say who was involved, some clues have hinted at a possible connection to Iran.