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2017 was the year of ransomware and cryptocurrency miners but we are still seeing infectors posing a prominent attack vector. However, old infectors still remain a significant threat to users. In 2017, we observed a few old infector families...
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Although there aren’t many predefined standards for naming malware and vulnerabilities, they are often segregated according to the genre, impact and even malicious functionalities. Moreover, giving unique names to the vulnerabilities is nearly impossible due to the expansive conglomerate...
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For the past few years, we have been seeing macro-based attacks through Object Linking Embedding (OLE)/Microsoft Office files. But, presently, attackers are using a different technique to spread malware through Office files – using a new attack vector called ‘Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)’. DDE is an authorized Microsoft Office feature that provides several...