Threat actors have sharply reduced the use of one of their favorite malware distribution tactics following Microsoft's decision earlier this year to disable Office macros in documents downloaded from ...

Problem with with running models from macro files. This bug affects version 2.1 beta 6-11 and release versions 2.10 and 2.11 When running a model(s) from a macro file, due to a bug in these versions ...

Microsoft Office macros have long been a crude but effective tool in the hands of hackers: Trick someone into opening an attachment and clicking "allow" to enable macros, and a simple Word document ...

Ronald Albaitis tried opening a file and got a warning that it contained “macros.” He asked me what they are and whether he should be concerned. A macro is a small, usually user-created piece of ...

You can enable macros in Excel using the Trust Center or enable a specific macro from the security warning at the top of a spreadsheet. Excel supports macros, which ...

I created a macro, but when I tried to use it later in another file, it disappeared. Then, when I went back to the file in which it was created, it was available again. What did I do wrong? You did ...

Microsoft has released the first Technical Preview (think pre-beta) of Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) Macros, an extension of the Windows Speech Recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. The 2.77MB ...

Excel macros allow you to automate all sorts of tasks, from entering commonly used data to automatic printing and saving of files. Once you start to use Excel, it takes no time at all to create a ...

Security researchers are warning of a new high threat spam campaign using the file-less PowerSniff malware in macro-based attacks. Palo Alto Networks’ Josh Grunzweig and Brandon Levene claimed they’d ...

Several security researchers have discovered a new type of malware that jumps onto the ransomware bandwagon, encrypting victims’ files and then demanding a payment of half a bitcoin for the key. Named ...