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It appears that not even the iconic Windows logo is safe from malware(opens in new tab) anymore, as some cybercriminals managed to successfully hide malicious code inside it.
Cybersecurity experts at Symantec claim to have spotted one such campaign using a process of hiding malicious code in otherwise harmless images, otherwise known as steganography.
It is usually done to avoid detection by antivirus programs, as such solutions rarely detect images as malicious.
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