Tag: pdf

ASEC (AhnLab Security Intelligence Center) has recently confirmed that phishing emails impersonating large domestic entertainment agencies are being distributed domestically.

An extensive investigation uncovered an elaborate phishing campaign conducted by a Russia-based threat actor known as COLDRIVER, attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service. The campaign employed personalized social engineering tactics to target civil society groups, NGOs, journalists, and gove…

This report details a malicious campaign exploiting the CVE-2024-21412 vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SmartScreen to bypass security warnings and deliver malware. Attackers employ crafted links, LNK files, and HTA scripts to download decoy PDFs and shell code injectors, ultimately injecting ste…

Check Point Research identified an unusual pattern involving PDF exploitation, mainly targeting users of Foxit Reader. This exploit triggers security warnings that could deceive users into executing harmful commands. The exploitation occurs through a flawed design in Foxit Reader, showing 'OK' as t…