Macros are out - new ways to spread malware
Since Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would block macros from the Internet, there has been a trend in cyber crime to use archive formats or disk images to infiltrate systems with malware. The number one gateway is still email. In February of this year, Microsoft announced that it would block macros from the Internet by default. Such macros have been abused by attackers for years to deliver malware. While the security community speculated that attackers would switch to alternative formats due to Microsoft's decision, Sophos has…