Like macros before it, attackers have been placing malicious code alongside object linking and embedding (OLE) code, along with well-formatted text and images, to spread malware and ransomware.

A vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook allowed threat actors to distribute malware via email The bug abuses the Windows Object Linking and Embedding function A patch is already available, and users are ...

A Windows utility that embeds a document as an icon inside another document. It is part of Windows' OLE (object linking and embedding). It also allows objects created by non-OLE-compliant applications ...