word security

Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word can reportedly be manipulated by hidden instructions embedded in an otherwise ordinary document, potentially altering generated content and carrying those instructions into later Copilot-created files. The Register reported Wednesday that Norwegian AI researcher...

Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday included CVE-2026-20944, a Microsoft Word vulnerability described in vendor advisories as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) but scored in CVSS with an Attack Vector of Local (AV:L) — a seeming contradiction that has confused admins and security teams. The short...