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Researchers’ Evil Clippy cloaks malicious Office macros
A team of security researchers has exploited Microsoft’s patchy macro documentation to hide malicious code inside innocent-looking macros.
Update now! Microsoft fixes 49 bugs, 12 are critical
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday update made its scheduled appearance on Tuesday with fixes for 49 security flaws across its family of products, 12 of which are listed as ‘critical’.
Mysterious “double kill” IE zero-day allegedly in the wild
Chinese security company announces Internet Explorer zero-day exploit that’s triggered by Word. So far… that’s all she wrote.
Why Word “macro malware” is back, and what you can do about it…
Cybercrooks have been getting back into VBA malware, or “macro viruses,” as they used to be called. We explain why, and give you 2 tips on what to do.
Microsoft Word Intruder – the malware that writes new malware for you
Malware construction kits started in the 1990s as a way of expanding the virus-writing counterculture, but now they are all about money. SophosLabs looks at MWI, the Microsoft Word Intruder…
SSCC 185 – “I have a number for you: Eighty Million” [PODCAST]
Our weekly “Chet Chat” podcast is carefully prepared to fit into a quarter-hour, so it is clear and concise as well as being witty and amusing. Enjoy…
Patch Tuesday wrap-up, December 2014 – why “Important” can be Critical…
Adobe and Microsoft put forth their respective Patch Tuesday updates this week, bringing you their last scheduled patches of 2014. Paul Ducklin digs in…
From the Labs: VBA is definitely not dead – in fact, it’s undergoing a resurgence
Our most recent detection statistics show that using Visual Basic code in malicious documents is a trend on the rise. So why have malware authors turned to Visual Basic to do their bidding? 
Patch Tuesday for May 2014 – 8 bulletins, 2 critical, 0/zero/zilch/zip for XP
A quick note to remind you that tomorrow is Patch Tuesday. The scorecard is “2 from 8”, with eight security bulletins due, two of which are rated “Critical.” XP? Not a sausage…