Mac Users Targeted by Hackers Through Microsoft App Security Flaw

During the past couple of weeks, Cisco Talos, one of the world’s most respected cybersecurity companies known for its cutting-edge cybersecurity products, has discovered at least eight security vulnerabilities. As a result of these bugs, researchers have found that the cameras and microphones of users of those applications may be accessed by attackers who exploit them for malicious purposes. In addition to this, a vulnerability like this could be exploited to steal other types of sensitive information, which can have a detrimental effect on the security of the system as well. 

It has been reported that many widely used Microsoft apps, including Word, Outlook, Excel, OneNote, Teams, and others, have been affected. To carry out this attack, malicious libraries to gain access to the user’s entitlements and permissions are injected into Microsoft apps so that hackers can access a user’s entitlements and permissions. According to the problem, this result is caused by the fact that Microsoft apps work with the Transparency and Consent framework on macOS, which allows applications to manage their permissions on a system with the Transparency Consent framework. 

The security vulnerability found in Microsoft’s Mac apps made it possible for hackers to spy on Mac users without their knowledge. A security researcher from Cisco Talos posted a blog post explaining how attackers could exploit the vulnerability in Windows and what Microsoft has been doing t

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