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Analyzing PDF and Office Documents Delivered Via Malspam

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May

2018

We have all grown used to the presence of spam. Despite the many detection and verification techniques available to users, unsolicited email is still a major nuisance. Malspam is a specific type of spam that is designed to infect potential victims with malware via email. This delivery method most often leverages techniques that are also […]

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Ransomware’s difficult second album

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Feb

2018

The last year has seen all manner of cybercrime, from scams and social engineering to malvertising and malspam.

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Locky updated to exploit Office DDE feature and spread ransomware

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Oct

2017

A legitimate feature in Microsoft Office that allows Word to load data from other documents is being exploited to push a new variant of the Locky ransomware. Victims are reportedly targeted with malspam messages via the infamous Necurs botnet. Under the subject line “Emailed Invoice” followed by a string of random numbers, the malspam attack […]

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