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Malware Embedded in Adobe Acrobat PDF Plugins

In recent years, the use of malware embedded in Adobe Acrobat PDF plugins has become an increasingly sophisticated threat to cybersecurity. As PDFs are a widely used format for document sharing, they ...
Network World

Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...
9to5Mac

Mosyle identifies new Mac malware that evades detection through fake PDF conversion tool

Mosyle, a leader in Apple device management and security, has exclusively revealed to 9to5Mac details on a new Mac malware strain, dubbed “JSCoreRunner”. The zero-day threat evaded all detections on ...
Bleeping Computer

New MatrixPDF toolkit turns PDFs into phishing and malware lures

A new phishing and malware distribution toolkit called MatrixPDF allows attackers to convert ordinary PDF files into interactive lures that bypass email security and redirect victims to credential ...
techtimes

Qbot Malware Discovered: Here’s How It Uses PDFs and WSF Files to Infect Your Computer

QBot malware has been a persistent threat to Windows devices for some time now, and the new phishing campaign using Windows Script Files (WSF) is making it easier than ever to infect these devices.