The LibreOffice developers have updated their software to close a security vulnerability that allowed signed macros to be executed despite a failed check. This is now no longer possible in the default ...

Digital bad guys are once again pushing macro-based malware. After a 10-year hiatus, in January 2015 Microsoft Malware Protection Center reported a huge spike in two malicious macros: Adnel and Tarbir ...

After hounding Windows users for well over two decades, macro malware has taken its first steps towards affecting the other operating system on which the Microsoft Office suite is available, and ...

Microsoft Office is no stranger to vulnerabilities and exploits. Most of those vulnerabilities led from Microsoft Office to Microsoft Windows, but it's possible for an attacker to take an exploit path ...

Organizations migrating away from end-of-life Microsoft ecosystems must consider the impact of macro policies. And those staying should better protect their systems with key rules and settings. The ...

Tricking someone into enabling macros on a downloaded Microsoft Excel or Word file is an old hacker chestnut. That one click from a target creates a foothold for attackers to take over their devices.

New tools attributed to the Russia-linked Gamaredon hacker group include a module for Microsoft Outlook that creates custom emails with malicious documents and sends them to a victim's contacts. The ...

One of the key findings from the ESET Threat Report T1 2022 is that the Emotet botnet has risen, Phoenix-like, from the ashes, pumping out vast amounts of spam in March and April 2022, to the point ...