AVAR spreads its wings this year, and focuses on something us researchers have known for years: until we interact with CISOs on the defensive front line, we can’t as impactfully defend against cyber attacks, and the resulting damage. Researchers dig into cleverly obfuscated malicious binary payloads daily (and will highlight …
21May
“RSAC 2025 was an essential reminder that evolving threats demand evolving defences. We return energised to drive more realistic, context-aware assessments across Asia and beyond.” — Peter Stelzhammer, AVAR Board Member SAN FRANCISCO / INNSBRUCK / SINGAPORE — May 21, 2025 — Representing the Asia Pacific region’s voice in cybersecurity, …
04Feb
Excel introduced Excel 4.0 Macros (XLM) feature in 1992. Since then, this style has been commonly used to abuse Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). In 2020, it became popular amongst attackers as this macro is challenging to catch in detection; thus, many cybersecurity providers struggle to defend against Excel 4 …
