
A Switch From the Norm - A New Malware Infection Chain
May 3, 2022
Topics
- malware analysis
- phishing campaign
Microsoft started to disable Excel 4.0 macros by default at the beginning of the year, sending ripples through the hacking community. For context, macros are code embedded within documents which allow users to automate repetitive tasks and calculate complex equations automatically. While the purpose of macros began in a place of doing good and being efficient, they have been used for malicious purposes in the past, as malware authors have started injecting excel with malicious code that runs upon opening the sheet.
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