Malicious Macros in Word Documents

[silicon_toad2000]

Malicious macros embedded in Word documents are increasingly being used
as an attack vector. Researchers have now found a variant in which the
documents use fileless malware; in other words, they place malware
directly into the device's memory. The attack was delivered through
targeted spam that contains a malicious document. If the macros are
permitted to run, they use PowerShell to gather information about the
computer. The malware looks for machines where financial transactions
are conducted.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3043570/security/documents-with-malicious-macros-deliver-fileless-malware.html

[White Stripes]

macro viruses are back? everything old is new again

[silicon_toad2000]

a large number of peeps that check that public facing email weren't around when macro viruses went around last time and spear phishing emails have come a long way.

we had a zip attachement caught in the mail filter at work which seemed to be from one of our office scanners.

[White Stripes]

a large number of peeps that check that public facing email weren't around when macro viruses went around last time

...well... now im feeling old...

[silicon_toad2000]

ha ha i'll rephrase, weren't in the workforce when macro viruses went around last time.