This article was updated on 9/29/22 with new information that Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in 2021 tracked as CVE-2021-40444 that also prevents this PowerPoint exploit from working. If you have ...

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Both McAfee Inc. and Symantec Corp. warned of a new unpatched vulnerability in PowerPoint, the presentation maker included with the Microsoft Office application suite. In an alert issued Wednesday to ...

Microsoft on Thursday issued a security advisory concerning a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. If a user can be convinced to open a maliciously crafted PowerPoint file -- ...

Microsoft confirmed in its advisory that exploit code was being used in the wild, but added that so far the flaw appears to be used in "limited and targeted attacks ...

A PowerPoint add-on is being used to spread malicious files, according to the findings of security company Avanan. Avanan's Jeremy Fuchs said the .ppam file -- which has bonus commands and custom ...