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Microsoft will block downloaded macros in Office versions going back to 2013

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) In the interest of combating ransomware and other malware, Microsoft is planning a major change in how its Office software handles macros: when files that use macros are downloaded from the Internet, those macros will now be disabled entirely by default. Current versions of the software offer an alert banner on these […]

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Microsoft Outlook shows real person’s contact info for IDN phishing emails

Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images ) If you receive an email from someone@arstechnіca. com , is it really from someone at Ars? Most definitely not—the domain in that email address will be not the same arstechnica. com that you know. The ‘і’ character in there is usually from the Cyrillic script and not […]