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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 1129064" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Only macros with MotW are disabled by default. However, malicious macros are not currently as prevalent as they were in 2022, when I wrote the advice you referred to.</p><p>Two years ago, weaponized Microsoft Office documents were a dangerous initial attack vector. Currently, they are dangerous as payloads (fortunately, not so prevalent).</p><p>For example, the attacker can use tricks disguised as a document opening:</p><p></p><p>Read_this_document.bat ----> weaponized DOC file downloaded with no MotW -----> DOC file opened ----> macro executed</p><p></p><p>ClickFix ----> PowerShell code ----> weaponized DOC file downloaded with no MotW -----> DOC file opened ----> macro executed</p><p></p><p>In the above examples, the user expects that the document is going to be opened. Most people will not notice anything suspicious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 1129064, member: 32260"] Only macros with MotW are disabled by default. However, malicious macros are not currently as prevalent as they were in 2022, when I wrote the advice you referred to. Two years ago, weaponized Microsoft Office documents were a dangerous initial attack vector. Currently, they are dangerous as payloads (fortunately, not so prevalent). For example, the attacker can use tricks disguised as a document opening: Read_this_document.bat ----> weaponized DOC file downloaded with no MotW -----> DOC file opened ----> macro executed ClickFix ----> PowerShell code ----> weaponized DOC file downloaded with no MotW -----> DOC file opened ----> macro executed In the above examples, the user expects that the document is going to be opened. Most people will not notice anything suspicious. [/QUOTE]
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