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Posted by Vaidyanathan

- February 12, 2018, 13:53:54

Quote from: Gumwars on February 12, 2018, 13:44:11
This security feature has already been defeated using MS Office OLE modules to get around Windows CFA. From what's been reported, Microsoft doesn't see OLE as a major vulnerability; don't expect a patch anytime soon.

Hi Gumwars,

Thanks for pointing out the recent development. I read the news and am not very much satisfied by Microsoft's response. While they are partially right in saying it's not a full fledged security boundary, people will enable Exploit Guard in the hopes that it cordons off all unwanted access. By that extension, rogue plugins of whitelisted programs can also be expected to override CFA. Hope that Microsoft enhances this feature by adding more granular functionality.

Posted by Gumwars

- February 12, 2018, 13:44:11

This security feature has already been defeated using MS Office OLE modules to get around Windows CFA. From what's been reported, Microsoft doesn't see OLE as a major vulnerability; don't expect a patch anytime soon.

Posted by Redaktion

- February 12, 2018, 04:45:31

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https://www.notebookcheck.net/How-to-protect-critical-data-from-ransomware-in-Windows-10.282296.0.html