Business Insider

How to add or remove a password from your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, to keep your data secure and private

If you want your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to have a little more protection, you can encrypt its data by setting a password. You can also remove the password at any ...
Dark Reading

Attackers Leverage Excel File Encryption to Deliver Malware

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 ...
ZDNet

LimeRAT malware is being spread through VelvetSweatshop Excel encryption technique

LimeRAT is a simple Trojan designed for Windows machines. The malware is able to install backdoors on infected machines and encrypt files in the same way as typical ransomware strains, add PCs to ...
ExtremeTech

Proton Launches Encrypted Sheets as a Privacy-First Alternative to Google, Microsoft Excel

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