Security firms report a sharp rise in the quantity of attacks that use macro code to trigger malware downloads. Attackers are increasingly using cloud services to evade existing defenses. Microsoft: “Just when you think macro malware is a thing of the past, over the past few months, we have seen an increasing macro downloader trend that affects nearly 501,240 unique machines worldwide” The current volume of macro-virus threats is so far less than what was seen 15 years ago, researchers at Tenable Network Security report.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/macro-malware-attacks-resurge-a-8186