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Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos

A researcher has demonstrated a worm that exploits Microsoft Copilot in Word to spread malicious content. Despite months of coordination with Microsoft, a robust mitigation has not yet been produced.

Why it matters: This highlights a critical security vulnerability in widely-used AI-assisted productivity tools, with potential for widespread automated attacks.

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