{"id":63976,"date":"2017-03-28T12:53:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=63976"},"modified":"2017-04-10T08:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T15:26:31","slug":"beware-dangerous-macro-malware-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/beware-dangerous-macro-malware-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware! Dangerous Macro Malware Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Macro<\/a><\/p>\n

Macro malware has been around for a long time, and just like most malware, Mac users have largely been ignored. Macro malware became even less of a threat in 2008 when Microsoft removed macro support from their Mac Office products, but in 2011 macro support was back in the new Office 2011 version. Since then, technically, Mac users have been just as vulnerable to macro malware as they were before 2008.<\/p>\n

So why haven’t we seen a flood of macro malware targeting the Mac? Most malware seen on macOS lags behind their Windows counterparts, significantly in how often it occurs, how sophisticated it is and how it attacks. Macro malware appears to be no different. But before we get comfy\u00a0thinking we, as Mac users, are not in the crosshairs of these threats, beware! Dangerous macro malware\u00a0is\u00a0evolving.<\/p>\n

In just the last three months, two macro malware have been discovered targeting\u00a0Mac computers.\u00a0Here’s what we know about these new threats and what to\u00a0expect ahead.<\/p>\n

EmPyre Word Macro File<\/h3>\n

The first was discovered early February in a malicious Word document, titled, “U.S. Allies and Rivals Digest Trump’s Victory – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.docm.”<\/p>\n

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#OSX<\/a> #Macro<\/a> #EmPyre<\/a> "U.S. Allies and Rivals Digest Trump\u2019s Victory – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace" https:\/\/t.co\/8P0iSE1tWH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Snorre Fagerland (@fstenv) February 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n