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Dutch cops collar fella accused of crafting and flogging Office macro nasties to cyber-crooks
2019-07-18 07:04

Accused bloke cuffed after plod swoop on home A 20-year-old man from the Netherlands accused of building and selling Office macro malware was arrested Wednesday.…

Malicious MS Office Macro Creator
2019-05-08 11:03

Evil Clippy is a tool for creating malicious Microsoft Office macros: At BlackHat Asia we released Evil Clippy, a tool which assists red teamers and security testers in creating malicious MS...

Researchers’ Evil Clippy cloaks malicious Office macros
2019-05-08 10:15

A team of security researchers has exploited Microsoft’s patchy macro documentation to hide malicious code inside innocent-looking macros.

Malicious macros can trigger RCE in LibreOffice, OpenOffice
2019-02-07 06:50

Achieving remote code execution on systems running LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice might be as easy as tricking users into opening a malicious ODT (OpenDocument) file and moving their mouse over...

GandCrab ransomware and Ursnif virus spreading via MS Word macros
2019-01-25 11:33

Security researchers have discovered two separate malware campaigns, one of which is distributing the Ursnif data-stealing trojan and the GandCrab ransomware in the wild, whereas the second one is...

ThreatList: Microsoft Macros Remain Top Vector for Malware Delivery
2018-09-13 19:26

The second-most popular delivery method is CVE-2017-11882, a patched Microsoft vulnerability that allows the attacker to perform arbitrary code-execution.

Macro 4’s session manager improves mainframe security through roll-out of MFA
2018-07-25 21:50

Macro 4 has launched a new version of the Tubes for z/OS session management software that enables enterprises to roll out IBM’s multi-factor authentication system for z/OS as they bid to make...

Creative Spam Thinks Outside the Macro with .IQY Attachments
2018-06-08 20:31

The ability of these simple files to open Excel and download any data from the internet makes them extremely dangerous.

Toolkit Generates Malicious Office Macro Malware
2018-04-25 16:03

'Rubella Macro Builder' Available on Cybercrime Underground for $40 Per MonthAre you a fraudster craving an easy way to generate Microsoft Office documents with embedded malicious macros designed...

Word Attachment Delivers FormBook Malware, No Macros Required
2018-04-09 18:35

A new wave of document attacks targeting inboxes do not require enabling macros in order for adversaries to trigger an infection chain that ultimately delivers FormBook malware.