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Microsoft takes macros out of the equation for five Office apps

February 8, 2022 admin ads, macros, microsoft, motw, reports, VBA

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:16:00 +0000

Microsoft says it is going to disable macros in five Office apps by default.

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Malicious macro using a sneaky new trick

January 23, 2017 admin antimalware, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Donoff, guidance, Locky, macro, Macro-based malware, malware, malware research, office, ransomware, Social engineering, VBA, VBAscript, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Word

We recently came across a file (ORDER-549-6303896-2172940.docm, SHA1: 952d788f0759835553708dbe323fd08b5a33ec66) containing a VBA project that scripts a malicious macro (SHA1: 73c4c3869304a10ec598a50791b7de1e7da58f36). We added it under the detection TrojanDownloader:O97M/Donoff – a large family of Office-targeting macro-based malware that has been active for several years (see our blog category on macro-based malware for more blogs). However, there wasn’t…