Word up: VBA viruses are back!

Think that macro viruses written in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) are just something that people using the Internet a couple of decades ago had to worry about? Think again. Word macro attacks never went away, they just went into decline. New evidence suggests they could be making something of a comeback though. Coupled with research showing how non-English speaking recipients are being targeted by phishers using this technique, it makes for worrying reading some 15 years after Melissa struck fear into the email using world.