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 ...

As far as Microsoft Excel is concerned, a macro is simply a piece of code. This code will be loaded every time you launch the Microsoft Excel software. Macros are pretty useful. They can help you ...

When you open an Excel file after downloading it, it opens in Protected View by default. However, some users cannot edit the file even after enabling editing. They ...

Microsoft Excel macros are designed to automate tasks you perform repeatedly in your spreadsheets and are meant to speed up productivity and increase accuracy by ...

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 ...

The ADXGEN file contains six general-purpose macros. These macros can be used on all types of designs created by macros in other parts of the collection. The ADXGEN file also contains macros that are ...

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 ...

A phishing campaign that spiked this week is pushing the Dridex banking Trojan via malicious macros embedded in XML file attachments. Not long ago, criminals pushing the Dridex banking Trojan were ...