Microsoft tackles macro malware with new Office-antivirus integration
Microsoft's new weapon against macro malware seeks to reveal even heavily obfuscated code.
Microsoft's new weapon against macro malware seeks to reveal even heavily obfuscated code.
Malware writers have come up with a novel way to install malware from Office that doesn't rely on tricking users to enable macros.
Microsoft may have ramped up efforts to combat macro-based malware, but one researcher argues that the warnings it gives Office users has put them in danger.
Security firm FireEye says that ransomware variants made up over 70 percent of all malware that its products detected in March.
Medium-sized businesses face a surging threat from opportunistic cybercriminals who are changing their strategies as large enterprises become more complex to penetrate, a security-strategy director has warned as new figures correlate declines in spam email with a resurgence in time-honoured document-based macro malware.
David Braue | 18 May | Read more