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How Hackers Are Getting Around Microsoft's Office Macro Blocking

Macros can be highly useful tools in Microsoft Office. Most Microsoft Office macros use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or Excel 4.0 macros (XLM). These programming and macro languages have a ...
Computer Weekly

Microsoft to start blocking macros to thwart malware

Microsoft has announced it will begin blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros obtained from the public internet by default across five of its most used Office apps from April 2022, in an ...
ZDNet

Microsoft rolls back a default macro block in Office

A new Office security restriction that was a major blow to phishing and malware distribution via email has apparently been rolled back. Microsoft has decided to wind back a new-ish security ...
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 ...
Wired

Microsoft's Small Step to Disable Macros Is a Huge Win for Security

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.
Threat Post

Threat Actors Pivot Around Microsoft’s Macro-Blocking in Office

Cybercriminals turn to container files and other tactics to get around the company’s attempt to thwart a popular way to deliver malicious phishing payloads. Threat actors are finding their way around ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Reverses Office Macro Blocking Decision

Microsoft has quietly reversed an earlier decision to block Internet macros by default in Office. The company initially announced in February that Office would automatically block macros with the ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft pauses macro security plan, unclear on why

On February 7, 2022, Microsoft announced that it would begin auto-disabling Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. Security experts celebrated Microsoft’s decision as an important step in ...
Android Police

Microsoft Excel: How to enable and disable macros

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work focus on productivity apps and flagship devices, ...
ZDNet

Microsoft to make enabling 'untrusted' Office macros tougher in the name of security

Starting in early April, Microsoft plans to make it tougher to enable VBA macros that are downloaded from the internet in several of its Office apps. The effect, the company hopes, will be to ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft rolls back decision to block Office macros by default

While Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would block VBA macros on downloaded documents by default, Redmond said on Thursday that it will roll back this change based on "feedback" until ...