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Where’s the Macro? Malware authors are now using OLE embedding to deliver malicious files

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, CAPTCHA, Cerber, Donvibs, macro malware, Macro-based malware, malicious JS scripts, malicious VB files, Microsoft Office, office, OLE-embedded objects, ransomware, TrojanDownloader:VBS/Donvibs, TrojanDownloader:VBS/Vibrio, Vibrio

Recently, we’ve seen reports of malicious files that misuse the legitimate Office object linking and embedding (OLE) capability to trick users into enabling and downloading malicious content. Previously, we’ve seen macros used in a similar matter, and this use of OLE might indicate a shift in behavior as administrators and enterprises are mitigating against this…