Microsoft spoke about a serious vulnerability in Windows

Microsoft warned users about a serious vulnerability found in the font processing and rendering system in all current versions of the desktop operating system, including Windows 10.

In particular, this gives cybercriminals the ability to infect computers using ordinary text documents. For a hacker to gain remote access to a computer, the victim only needs to open such a file - or click on it in the explorer with the preview mode enabled. The vulnerabilities were rated Critical on platforms starting with Windows Server 2008.

The report states that this vulnerability was used for targeted targeted attacks on individual users, but it does not mention who was the target of such attacks, and to what extent this is happening.

Microsoft usually releases security patches on the second Tuesday of every month, and the new exploit doesn't seem to have affected those plans: the patch will be released on April 14th. It's worth noting that while Windows 7 and Server 2008 are also vulnerable, only those who paid for Enterprise Extended Support will receive the patch.

Until a security update is released, do not download documents from unverified sources, and even more so do not open them on your computer.