Microsoft makes major course reversal, allows Office to run untrusted macros

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinJul 8, 2022, 2:20 pm160 pts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has stunned core parts of the security community with a decision to quietly reverse course and allow untrusted macros to be opened by default in Word and other Office applications. In February, the software maker announced a major change it said it enacted to combat the…

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