APT28 Exploitation of Microsoft Office Zero-Day in Europe (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Identification of novel exploit in Microsoft Office suite
• Coordinated attacks against Ukrainian and EU institutional targets
• Intelligence gathering linked to Russian state actors

"The Russia-linked threat actor Fancy Bear (APT28) is actively exploiting a novel vulnerability within Microsoft Office, targeting strategic entities in Ukraine and the European Union. CERT-UA has identified this as a concerted effort to compromise diplomatic and administrative communications. This incident underscores the systemic risk posed by monolithic software ecosystems and the geopolitical implications of state-sponsored cyber operations."