Security News > 2020 > April > Hackers Update Age-Old Excel 4.0 Macro Attack
2020-04-17 14:33
Hackers have updated the age-old Excel malware attack technique with a new passwordless twist.
Researchers from security firm Trustwave said they discovered a new malspam campaign that sends Excel 4.0 xls 97-2003 files with a compromised macro in email messages.
The document itself contains Excel 4.0 Macro sheets - one of which harbors a malicious macro.
Contained within the Excel sheets is a malicious macro.
Trustwave researchers said the threat is one of a raft of new malspam campaigns leveraging the password-protected Excel 4.0 macro to engage in malicious activity.
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https://threatpost.com/hackers-update-age-old-excel-4-0-macro-attack/154898/
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