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Security Sophos 

Office macro security: on-again-off-again feature now BACK ON AGAIN!

July 22, 2022 0 Comments data loss, macros, malware, Microsoft, office, Privacy, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:10:38 +0000

20 years to turn it on, then 20 weeks to turn it off, then just 2 weeks to turn it back on again. That’s progress!

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Security Sophos 

S3 Ep91: CodeRed, OpenSSL, Java bugs, Office macros [Audio + Text]

July 21, 2022 0 Comments aes, Cryptography, Law & order, malware, Microsoft, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, Ransomware, rsa, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:47:47 +0000

Latest episode – listen now! Great discussion, technical content, solid advice… all covered in plain English.

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Security Sophos 

That didn’t last! Microsoft turns off the Office security it just turned on

July 18, 2022 0 Comments macro, malware, Microsoft, office, phishing, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:27:10 +0000

An Office anti-malware setting that took more than 20 years to arrive… and fewer than 20 weeks to vanish again.

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Security Sophos 

S3 Ep91: CodeRed, OpenSSL, Java bugs and Office macros [Podcast + Transcript]

July 14, 2022 0 Comments aes, Cryptography, Law & order, malware, Microsoft, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, Ransomware, rsa, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:47:47 +0000

Latest episode – listen now! Great discussion, technical content, solid advice… all covered in plain English.

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Security Sophos 

That didn’t last! Microsoft turns off the Office security it just turned on

July 11, 2022 0 Comments macro, malware, Microsoft, office, phishing, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:27:10 +0000

An Office anti-malware setting that took more than 20 years to arrive… and fewer than 20 weeks to vanish again.

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Security Sophos 

At last! Office macros from the internet to be blocked by default

February 8, 2022 0 Comments macroi viruses, malware, melissa virus, Microsoft, office, security threats, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:34:30 +0000

It’s been a long time coming, and we’re not there yet, but at least Microsoft Office will be a bit safer against macro malware…

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MalwareBytes Security 

Microsoft takes macros out of the equation for five Office apps

February 8, 2022 0 Comments 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.

Categories: Reports

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