ZDNet

Microsoft to make enabling 'untrusted' Office macros tougher in the name of security

Starting in early April, Microsoft plans to make it tougher to enable VBA macros that are downloaded from the internet in several of its Office apps. The effect, the company hopes, will be to ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft plans to kill malware delivery via Office macros

Microsoft announced today that it will make it difficult to enable VBA macros downloaded from the Internet in several Microsoft Office apps starting in early April, effectively killing a popular ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft will block downloaded macros in Office versions going back to 2013

When Office sees a mark-of-the-web tag, the program opens that file in read-only Protected View mode just in case the file is malicious. Click to expand... At least in Excel this mode disables ...
Bleeping Computer

QBot uses Windows Defender Antivirus phishing bait to infect PCs

The Qbot botnet uses a new template for the distribution of their malware that uses a fake Windows Defender Antivirus theme to trick you into enabling Excel macros. Qbot, otherwise known as QakBot or ...