Mar 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Email Security The notorious Emotet malware, in its return after a short hiatus, is now being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an attempt to bypass macro-based security restrictions and compromise systems. Emotet, linked to a threat actor tracked as Gold Crestwood, Mummy Spider, or TA542, continues to be a … [Read more...] about Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments
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Cybercriminals Widely Abusing Excel 4.0 Macro to Distribute Malware
Threat actors are increasingly adopting Excel 4.0 documents as an initial stage vector to distribute malware such as ZLoader and Quakbot, according to new research. The findings come from an analysis of 160,000 Excel 4.0 documents between November 2020 and March 2021, out of which more than 90% were classified as malicious or suspicious. "The biggest risk for the targeted … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Widely Abusing Excel 4.0 Macro to Distribute Malware
Attacking macOS using a Microsoft Office macro
Many macOS computer users are still confident that their machines do not need protection. Worse, system administrators at companies where employees work on Apple hardware often hold the same opinion. At the Black Hat USA 2020 conference, researcher Patrick Wardle tried to disabuse the audience of this misconception by presenting his analysis of malware for macOS and building an … [Read more...] about Attacking macOS using a Microsoft Office macro