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AnIdiotOnTheNet
on Sept 6, 2019
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US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores e...
It is difficult to imagine people who are heavy Excel users being ok with macros being disabled wholesale.
beagle3
on Sept 6, 2019
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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.
auslander
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Nah. Point stands, attack can survive the restore inside Office docs because macros are generally allowed.
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