Employees of US NGOs Fight for the Future and Free Press were targeted with complex spear-phishing attempts Attack.Phishing between July 7 and August 8 , reported today the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) . Both organizations targeted in the attacks Attack.Phishing are currently fighting against for Net Neutrality in the US . Based on currently available evidence , the attacks appear to have been orchestrated by the same attacker , located in a UTC+3-5:30 timezone , said EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin and EFF security researcher Cooper Quintin . At least one victim fell for the attacks `` Although this phishing campaign Attack.Phishing does not appear to have been carried out by a nation-state actor and does not involve malware , it serves as an important reminder that civil society is under attack , '' said the two today . `` It is important for all activists , including those working on digital civil liberties issues in the United States , to be aware that they may be targeted by persistent actors who are well-informed about their targets ’ personal and professional connections . '' At least one victim fell for the 70 fake emails sent Attack.Phishing during the phishing attempts Attack.Phishing . Attackers did n't deliver malware but lured Attack.Phishing victims away on a remote site designed to phish Google , Dropbox , and LinkedIn credentials . `` The attackers were remarkably persistent , switching up their attacks after each failed attempt and becoming increasingly creative with their targeting over time , '' EFF said . The most creative of the spear-phishing emails was when victims received Attack.Phishing emails with the subject line `` You have been successfully subscribed to Pornhub.com , '' or `` You have been successfully subscribed to Redtube.com , '' two very popular adult video portals . Minutes later , victims received Attack.Phishing another email made to look like Attack.Phishing it was coming from Attack.Phishing the same two services . These second emails contained explicit subject lines . Because spear-phishing emails were aimed Attack.Phishing at work emails , most victims would have been inclined to unsubscribe from the incoming emails . This was the catch , as attackers doctored the unsubscribe link , leading Attack.Phishing victims to a fake Google login screen . Attackers used different tactics as the campaign progressed The PornHub and RedTube phishes Attack.Phishing were not the only ones . Attackers also used other tactics . ⬭ Links to generic documents that asked users to enter credentials before viewing . ⬭ LinkedIn message notifications that tried to trick Attack.Phishing users into giving away LinkedIn creds . ⬭ Emails disguised to look like Attack.Phishing they were coming from Attack.Phishing family members , sharing photos , but which asked the victim to log in and give away credentials instead . ⬭ Fake email notifications for hateful comments posted on Attack.Phishing the target 's YouTube videos . When the victim followed the link included in the email , the target would have to enter Google credentials before performing the comment moderation actions . ⬭ Emails that looked like Attack.Phishing a friend was sharing Attack.Phishing interesting news stories . Used topics and subject lines include : - Net Neutrality Activists 'Rickroll ' FCC Chairman Ajit Pai - Porn star Jessica Drake claims Donald Trump offered her $ 10G , use of his private jet for sex - Reality show mom wants to hire a hooker for her autistic son In one case , one of the targeted activists received a request from a user asking for a link to buy her music . When the target replied , the attacker answered back Attack.Phishing with a Gmail phishing link , claiming the buy link did n't work . EFF experts say that victims who had two-factor authentication turned on for their accounts would have prevented attackers from logging into their profiles even if they had managed to obtain Attack.Databreach their password .

The bug affects Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability all supported versions of Microsoft Word , but will be fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability this week . Unlike most document-related vulnerabilities , this zero-day bug that has yet to be patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability does n't rely on macros -- in which Office typically warns users of risks when opening macro-enabled files . Instead , the vulnerability is triggered when a victim opens a trick Word document , which downloads a malicious HTML application from a server , disguised to look like Attack.Phishing a Rich Text document file as a decoy Attack.Phishing . The HTML application meanwhile downloads and runs a malicious script that can be used to stealthily install malware . Researchers at McAfee , who first reported the discovery Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability on Friday , said Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability because the HTML application is executable , the attacker can run code on the affected computer while evading memory-based mitigations designed to prevent these kinds of attacks . The issue relates to the Windows Object Linking and Embedding ( OLE ) function , which allows an application to link and embed content to other documents , according to researchers . The Windows OLE feature is used primarily in Office and Windows ' in-built document viewer WordPad , but has been the cause of numerous vulnerabilities over the past few years . The researchers recently focused a Black Hat talk on the Windows OLE attack surface . The bug can be exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability on all versions of Office , including the latest Office 2016 running on Windows 10 , and have spotted attacks in the wild since January . A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the company will issue Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a fix for the bug on Tuesday as part of its monthly release Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability of security fixes and patches .