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Bugging Microsoft Files: Part 2 – Xlsx Files using Microsoft Excel

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Feed Name: Black Hills Infosec Blog

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2016-11-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: BHIS

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This post provides step-by-step instructions for placing a tracking bug in a native .xlsx file using Excel's "From Web" data query: author a unique URL, insert the web query into a sheet, enable "Refresh the data when opening the file," hide the sheet, and rely on the user clicking "Enable Content" to trigger the request—useful for honey-docs or tracking document openings.

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