Remote Attacks via Wifi over USB Cable

Security Researcher Mike Grove, _MG_, has created a USB cable that allows an attacker to take over a computer via Wifi. The cable is not yet for sale, but he has plans to relase it soon. Full details ate BleepingComputer, here.

Video of the demo is here..

https://twitter.com/i/status/1094389042685259776

Unpatched Vulnerability in Microsoft Office

Researchers at the RSA Conference unveiled a zero day flaw in Microsoft Office that, when exploited on a Java enabled system, could lead to complete ownage of the end point. Microsoft Security Research has responded and said they won't be releasing a patch for it now, but might at a future date. Note the flaw is being actively exploited in the wild, not a theoretical situation. However, researchers admit this is not an easy flaw to exploit and requires in-depth knowledge of the format. Details are here at this ThreatPost article:

https://threatpost.com/zero-day-exploit-microsoft/142327/