I had quite a scary discussion with #Bing Chat which was hijacked by German security researchers and transformed into a pirate chatbot. Seconds later it asked for my personal information and sent it to the attacker. The thing is: Everyone can hijack Bing chat this way right now. It’s not even hard - you don't have to be a hacker. Microsoft told me they had heard of the attack - and obviously weren't able to stop it from happen. My article (+German):
Content warning: current Microsoft Office vulnerability
Hey people!
If you use #Microsoft #Office be extra careful when opening documents or files from unknown sources. On May 31st a #vulnerability was disclosed, that allows an attacker to execute code through MS Office via maliciously prepared documents. It's best to open only stuff which comes from people you know or implement the published mitigation strategies:
