Microsoft Excel is full of little tricks and features that are designed to make it easier for you to set up and manage your spreadsheets. Though unlike formulas — which can be used to automatically ...

There are two fundamental truths that define our information society. First, computers can do some amazing things. And second, users don’t share a common level of expertise when it comes to personal ...

Starting in early April, Microsoft plans to make it tougher to enable VBA macros that are downloaded from the internet in several of its Office apps. The effect, the company hopes, will be to ...

Microsoft’s decision to turn off Office macros by default has had a significant impact on the use of the mini-programs by hackers, according to enterprise security company Proofpoint. In a blog posted ...

Attackers are increasingly exploiting generative AI by embedding malicious prompts in macros and exposing hidden data through parsers. The switch in adversarial tactics — noted in a recent State of ...

Back in February I applauded Microsoft for taking a decisive step in the fight against macro malware. Here’s part of what I wrote: …more than 25 years after it first distributed the Concept virus on ...