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Unit 42 analyzes unique office loader that leverages malicious macros that are used to deploy numerous malware families.  
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## [Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research December 2016 Disclosures](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/12/unit42-palo-alto-networks-unit-42-vulnerability-research-december-2016-disclosures/)

As part of Unit 42's ongoing threat research, we can now disclose that Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have reported six vulnerabilities that have been fixed by Apple, Adobe...  
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## [Technical Walkthrough: Office Test Persistence Method Used In Recent Sofacy...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/07/unit42-technical-walkthrough-office-test-persistence-method-used-in-recent-sofacy-attacks/)

As mentioned in our previous blog, we observed the Sofacy group using a new persistence mechanism that we call "Office Test" to load their Trojan each...  
Jul 20, 2016  
By [Robert Falcone](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/robert-falcone/?ts=markdown "Posts by Robert Falcone")  
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[Malware](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/malware-2/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com)

## [BBSRAT Attacks Targeting Russian Organizations Linked to Roaming Tiger](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2015/12/bbsrat-attacks-targeting-russian-organizations-linked-to-roaming-tiger/)

In late 2014, ESET presented an attack campaign that had been observed over a period of time targeting Russia and other Russian speaking nations, dubbed "Roaming Tiger". The attack...  
Dec 22, 2015  
By [Bryan Lee](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/bryan-lee/?ts=markdown "Posts by Bryan Lee") and [Josh Grunzweig](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/josh-grunzweig/?ts=markdown "Posts by Josh Grunzweig")

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