EPISODE · Apr 18, 2017 · 6 MIN
Security News This Week: Nasty Microsoft Word ‘Booby Trap’ Loaded PCs With Malware
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
It feels like all weeks in security news are overstuffed lately, and this one's no exception. It started with a bang, or more of a blare, as all of Dallas's dozens of tornado sirens were hacked to sound off at once. And it ended with a boom, as the US dropped the Moab ('Mother of All Bombs,' colloquially), a 22,600 pound bomb, for the first time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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It feels like all weeks in security news are overstuffed lately, and this one's no exception. It started with a bang, or more of a blare, as all of Dallas's dozens of tornado sirens were hacked to sound off at once. And it ended with a boom, as the US dropped the Moab ('Mother of All Bombs,' colloquially), a 22,600 pound bomb, for the first time.
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Security News This Week: Nasty Microsoft Word ‘Booby Trap’ Loaded PCs With Malware
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