Researchers from Mimecast have recently observed a campaign where threat actors are using a somewhat rarely seen but easy method to distribute malware using Microsoft Excel's standard file encryption ...

Attackers can attempt to hide malicious payloads in Excel files sent by e-mail by using a standard Excel feature, according to a Tuesday post by Mimecast researchers. It turns out that automatic ...

When you digitally sign an Excel macro using Visual Basic Editor, you add a unique, encrypted signature to your VBA project.

Most of us have some rather sensitive files on our PCs. Whether it’s our tax returns, financial records, password lists (seriously, just use a password manager already), or just files you don’t want ...

I backup all of my passwords into a password encrypted Excel file. It contains all my personal and biz passwords. At least over 100+. I keep the file backed up offsite, and keep a backup CD in my ...

I encrypt my files before uploading them to the cloud. The reason is that cloud services promise security, but they're not impenetrable. After seeing several high-profile breaches, I developed my ...