Malicious Macros in Office Documents Find New Tricks to Evade Detection

  • 9 June 2016
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New campaign of improved macros started at the end of May

 
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Jun 9, 2016 00:40 GMT  ·  By Catalin Cimpanu Malware coders are some of the most creative and talented programmers you'll find, and the speed at which malware keeps evolving stands as proof.
 
One of the cases where this has been proven true once again is detailed by Zscaler, a San Jose-based security firm.
 
While analyzing the most recent malware samples detected by their security software, the company's experts came across malicious Microsoft Office documents that employed macros with new social engineering tricks, but also new anti-analysis detection mechanisms.
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Macros and their use in documents is well documented as a potential threat vector...some sensible precautions on their use are de rigeur but most probably either not known of or just ignored.

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