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Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation

Security researchers at Mandiant have discovered a new malware campaign exploiting Ars Technica and Vimeo. Cybercriminals uploaded an innocent-looking image of a pizza on Ars Technica and a video on Vimeo, both containing encoded data hidden in their descriptions. The infected devices retrieved the encoded data and launched the malware’s second phase. The attacks are believed to originate from a financially motivated threat actor known as UNC4990.

Source: arstechnica.com –

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