If you ever wanted to click a magic button and make complex business tasks happen automatically, macros can make that wish come true. Macros are small programs that execute commands you specify. Write ...

Tricking someone into enabling macros on a downloaded Microsoft Excel or Word file is an old hacker chestnut. That one click from a target creates a foothold for attackers to take over their devices.

Microsoft first announced plans to retire the Visual Basic Scripting language in 2023, giving developers and organizations ample time to prepare. The company is now reiterating ...

Microsoft’s attempt to thwart malicious actors from tricking users into executing malware and ransomware, by blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Excel 4.0 (XL4) macros by default in its ...

Enterprise system administrators can now block attackers from using a favorite malware infection method: Microsoft Office documents with malicious macros. Microsoft this week added a new option in ...