Malicious Word Document Delivering an Octopus Backdoor, (Thu, Dec 24th)

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Here is an interesting malicious Word document that I spotted yesterday. This time, it does not contain a macro but two embedded objects that the victim must “activate” (click on one of them) to perform the malicious activities. The document (SHA256:ba6cc16770dc67c1af1a3e103c3fd19a854193e7cd1fecbb11ca11c2c47cdf04) has a VT score of 20/62[1]:


Read the original article: Malicious Word Document Delivering an Octopus Backdoor, (Thu, Dec 24th)