Tax season is upon us and, as with every year, we’re seeing tax scammers rearing their heads. Below, we have an example…
Tag: macro
At long last, Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default
Sometimes good news in the security world comes unexpectedly. This is one of those times. After three decades of macro viruses,…
A week in security (July 12 – July 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Other cybersecurity news: Stay safe!
Hancitor: fileless attack with a DLL copy trick
This article was authored by David Sánchez, Mickaël Roger, and Jérôme Segura During the past few years, malicious spam campaigns have…
Old MS Office feature weaponized in malspam attacks
Update (11-08-2017): Microsoft has issued a security advisory about DDE-based attacks and is also providing tips on how to disable that…
Elaborate scripting-fu used in espionage attack against Saudi Arabia Government entity
We recently came across a campaign targeting a Saudi Arabia Government entity via a malicious Word document which at first reminded…
Locky ransomware adds anti sandbox feature (updated)
By Marcelo Rivero and Jérôme Segura The Locky ransomware has been very active since its return which we documented in a…
Post-holiday spam campaign delivers Neutrino Bot
This post was co-authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura During the Christmas season and early into the new year, we noticed a sharp decrease…
Beware of DOC! A look at malicious macros
Some malware families often use spam campaigns as a method of distribution. Usually they deploy simple social engineering tricks – trying…