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> But one common attack point exists. Hickey was able to exploit how Microsoft Word, available to download from the Windows app store, handles and processes mac
by mtgx 9y ago
> But one common attack point exists. Hickey was able to exploit how Microsoft Word, available to download from the Windows app store, handles and processes macros.
Of course that's how they did it.
- infogulch 9y agoI think that makes the hack technically valid for the category, but much less interesting.
- smhenderson 9y agoNo doubt. I get that MS doesn't want to break the sometimes decades old solutions people came up with for around the office by removing VBA but they should offer a version of MSO that simply does not support it. Consumers and younger businesses with no VBA dependencies could buy it and companies that need to can continue to buy a version that supports VBA. The only draw back I can think of is the confusion this could cause when buying. Maybe they could just rip VBA out of Office all together and sell it as an add-on to those who need it.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoA somewhat good idea, but you can disable macros through domain group policy. https://superuser.com/questions/1073060/disable-all-microsoft-office-macros-globally-for-all-users#answer-1073064 https://superuser.com/questions/1073060/disable-all-microsof...