Attachments
Phishing emails increasingly use SVG attachments to evade detection
Threat actors increasingly use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments to display phishing forms or deploy malware while evading detection. Most images on the web are JPG or PNG files, which are made of grids of tiny squares called pixels. Each pixel has a specific color value, and together, these pixels form the entire image. SVG, […]
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WhatsApp for Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning
A security issue in the latest version of WhatsApp for Windows allows sending Python and PHP attachments that are executed without any warning when the recipient opens them. For the attack to be successful, Python needs to be installed, a prerequisite that may limit the targets to software developers, researchers, and power users. The problem […]
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