Word viruses have been around for more than 20 years. I remember when Daleen got hit by Melissa in 1999. Of course it was a VP who openned the infected document and not one of the lowly peons working in the cubicle farm. Ever since then, the advice has been not to open Word documents, especially if you receive them as an attachment in an unsolicited email.
Now there's another one, ObliqueRAT (a suitable and ominous name).
From Office Watch:
A new type of infected Word document is doing the rounds with the name ObliqueRAT with a few new tricks.
ObliqueRAT is similar to an earlier nasty CrimsonRAT but has a range of infection capabilities and is encrypted.
The infected Word documents usually arrive via email and are password protected. Presumably the password is in the email.
Why password locked? Encrypting the document makes it a lot harder for anti-virus/security system to analyse the contents.It's a cruel world out there. Be careful.
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