More cybercriminals used object linking and embedding, or OLE packages, to deliver malware content during the first quarter of 2017, according to cybersecurity technology and services company PhishMe ...

Like macros before it, attackers have been placing malicious code alongside object linking and embedding (OLE) code, along with well-formatted text and images, to spread malware and ransomware.

A Windows utility that embeds a document as an icon inside another document. It is part of Windows' OLE (object linking and embedding). It also allows objects created by non-OLE-compliant applications ...

Hackers are using a novel phishing technique to deliver remote access trojans (RAT) to unsuspecting victims, experts have warned. This is according to cybersecurity experts Perception Point, who ...

A vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook allowed threat actors to distribute malware via email The bug abuses the Windows Object Linking and Embedding function A patch is already available, and users are ...

Microsoft has updated the list of dangerous files it blocks inside Office 365 documents, and has added the ".SettingContent-ms" file format to that list. The SettingContent-ms file format is a special ...

Introduced in the late 1990s, OPC quickly became a global standard for communications to Microsoft Windows computers. Tens of thousands of OPC servers were deployed in every corner of the automation ...