A Microsoft Word document with a malicious macro embedded as part of an IRS-themed malware campaign. Image Credits: Microsoft. Microsoft said it is still planning to block Visual Basic Applications ...

For the past year or so, Microsoft has been engaging with customers about its decision to block internet macros by default in Office apps. Although many organizations still use Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros ...

A new Office security restriction that was a major blow to phishing and malware distribution via email has apparently been rolled back. Microsoft has decided to wind back a new-ish security ...

After rolling back restrictions on internet macros in Office, Microsoft now says it is was a temporary change and that it will be bring back the ban on macros as the default for all users in future.

Back in February I applauded Microsoft for taking a decisive step in the fight against macro malware. Here’s part of what I wrote: …more than 25 years after it first distributed the Concept virus on ...

Several security experts expressed disappointment this week at Microsoft's quiet reversal Wednesday of a decision it had announced in February to disable Office macros in files from the Internet.