• Microsoft Excel has made an important security move to keep your data safe

    12 days ago - By Tech Radar

    Microsoft has made an important change to its Excel spreadsheet software which should make it more secure for users worldwide. In the summer of 2022, Microsoft decided to finally put a stop to the abuse of macros in Office files, which were widely used to deploy malware to target endpoints, prompting Microsoft to block all macros in Office files downloaded from the internet. Since then, hackers started experimenting with alternative methods to deliver various malware payloads, and one methodology grew popular - XLL add-ins.
    Rolling out the feature
    XLL files are essentially DLLs Excel users...
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