AZ Central

How to avoid malicious macros when handling official looking tax season documents

QUESTION: What are macros in Microsoft Office and what makes them dangerous? ANSWER: Macros are one of the oldest and most valuable tools in the computer world because they allow complicated ...
Android Police

Microsoft Word: How to write macros to eliminate repetitive tasks and supercharge your document

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work is distinguished by its meticulous focus on flagship ...
CSOonline

Documents with malicious macros deliver fileless malware to financial-transaction systems

Spammed Word documents with malicious macros have become a popular method of infecting computers over the past few months. Attackers are now taking it one step further by using such documents to ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft plans to kill malware delivery via Office macros

Microsoft announced today that it will make it difficult to enable VBA macros downloaded from the Internet in several Microsoft Office apps starting in early April, effectively killing a popular ...
Dark Reading

In a Post-Macro World, Container Files Emerge as Malware-Delivery Replacement

Threat actors have sharply reduced the use of one of their favorite malware distribution tactics following Microsoft's decision earlier this year to disable Office macros in documents downloaded from ...
Computerworld

Now’s the time to prep for Microsoft’s Excel macro crackdown

Though Microsoft has backed off earlier plans to block unsafe macros in Excel documents, that change is still coming. Here's what to do now to stay secure. On July 8, Microsoft pulled back from its ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft says decision to unblock Office macros is temporary

Microsoft says last week's decision to roll back VBA macro auto-blocking in downloaded Office documents is only a temporary change. Redmond announced in February that Microsoft Office would ...