Increased Risks from Macro-Based Malware

2016 June 9
by Andy

US-Cert warning of increased risk from Macro-based malware. Nothing new here, but I’ve seen a marked increase of external intrusion attempts in the last few months. Maybe it’s because of where I work (financial services) , but it seems to me the bad guys are working overtime to get to people.

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/06/09/Increased-Risks-Macro-Based-Malware

CERT Australia’s recommendations on macro security.  Basically, disable MS Office Macros.  Not sure if that’s practical for the enterprise, but for external documents, extreme caution must be taken.

 

 

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