is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is finally planning to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros ...

Microsoft is taking a step towards blocking malware-bearing macros, one of the biggest tools used by threat actors to spread malware through phishing. The company said today that the running of Visual ...

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) by default when Microsoft Office files for business software are downloaded from the Internet. This decision was made to protect the security of the user, but after ...

A new Office security restriction that was a major blow to phishing and malware distribution via email has apparently been rolled back. Microsoft has decided to wind back a new-ish security ...

Historically, malicious Office macros have been the equivalent of email’s phishing attempts, launching malware at the click of a user’s mouse. But Microsoft unexpectedly has reinstated VBA macros ...

After rolling back restrictions on internet macros in Office, Microsoft now says it is was a temporary change and that it will be bring back the ban on macros as the default for all users in future.

For the past year or so, Microsoft has been engaging with customers about its decision to block internet macros by default in Office apps. Although many organizations still use Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros ...

Microsoft has been taking increasingly large steps over the past few months to put a stop to macro-induced security risks in its apps and services. Its latest move is to block internet macros by ...

Microsoft this week said they are once again reverting back to blocking Visual Basic Application (VBA) macros in Office. This marks a return to a previous decision after the company initially reversed ...