Microsoft plans to patch a newly discovered hole in Microsoft Word in its next monthly patch update, and may release a rare "out of cycle" patch to address the hole, a company spokesman said.
Microsoft's Security Research Center is analyzing the previously unknown vulnerability, which affects Microsoft Word XP and Word 2003 and is already being linked to targeted Internet attacks on government agencies in the U.S. and European Union, as well as U.S. government defense contractors, according to security experts. The attacks, which use Word attachments to very targeted "phishing" e-mail messages, are being likened to a widespread attack on the U.S. government last year that was code named "Titan Rain"
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