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Macro based malware is on the rise

Help Net Security - (International) Researchers with Sophos found that macro-based malware created in Visual Basic rose from around 6 percent of document malware to 28 percent in July, among other findings.

Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2867

Note: This news synopsis is taken from the DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, a daily [Monday through Friday, except US Federal holidays] summary of open-source published information concerning significant critical infrastructure issues; a 10-day archive of the DOSIR can be found at: http://www.dhs.gov/dhs-daily-open-source-infrastructure-report.