Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte...
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday September 06, 2019 @09:22AM
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It is difficult to imagine people who are heavy Excel users being ok with macros being disabled wholesale.
Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte...
by beagle3 on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:01AM
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Indeed, they are not heavy excel users. Which is sort of the point: the need for targeted attacks greatly reduces and segments the addressable “market” for the bad guys.
Macro execution is supposed to be disabled on Word/Excel, though I trust that less (and there’s always the issue of some unpatched/zeroday); however, to go through here is more expensive for attackera because much more individual targeting and customization is required.