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Hackers are loading SVG files with multi-stage malware in new phishing attack

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A sophisticated new phishing attack was spotted in the wild, leveraging a wide variety of tools to bypass antivirus protections and ultimately deliver different Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware.

According to cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet, an unidentified threat actor was seen sending phishing emails, stating a shipment has been delivered, and attaching an invoice. This attachment, however, is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file which, when run, triggers the infection sequence. 

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Multi-stage malware sneaks into Google Play

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  1. Multi-stage malware sneaks into Google Play  We Live Security (blog)

  2. You can now talk to Google Assistant on your Nexus Player  Android Authority (blog)
  3. UC Browser has been taken down from Google Play Store : Android – Reddit  Reddit

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Review: FireEye fights off multi-stage malware

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You can’t see some malware until it’s too late. Sophisticated attacks arrive in pieces, each seemingly benign. Once these advanced attacks reassemble, the target is already compromised.

FireEye takes a new approach to malware detection with its NX appliances. As this Clear Choice test shows, the FireEye device allows advanced malware to proceed – but only onto virtual machines running inside the appliance.

In our tests, the FireEye appliance performed flawlessly. It detected all the multi-stage malware samples we threw at it, including some involving recent zero-day exploits. The top-of-the-line NX 10000 ran at speeds beyond 4Gbps in inline mode, and at better than 9Gbps in tap mode, both with and without attack traffic present.

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Security Researchers Find Multistage Android Malware on Google Play – PCWorld (blog)

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Security Researchers Find Multistage Android Malware on Google Play
PCWorld (blog)
… user is likely to assume that the additional apps also originate from there. Symantec detects the two newly found malware apps as Android.Dropdialer. The Android security team immediately removed the threat after being notified by Symantec, Asrar said.
Android Dropdialer Trojan poses as games on Google PlayBetaNews
Warning: GTA, Super Mario on Google Play are Android malwareZDNet (blog)
Android Malware shows Limitations of Google's SecurityIBTimes.co.uk
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