Macro malware attacks on the rise, says Microsoft

Macro malware attacks are on the rise, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom, Microsoft has reported in a blog post.

The software giant reported that in recent months they have “seen an increasing macro downloader trend that affects nearly 501,240 unique machines worldwide.” Macro malware typically gets into the computer by way of a spam attachment, where the user will open it via social engineering techniques, enabling the macro inside the document. From there, the macro will download additional payloads and the computer is compromised.

Macro malware attacks on the rise, says Microsoft