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The Dark Side of PDFs: How Opening a Simple PDF Could Unleash a Cybersecurity Nightmare

On: March 4, 2024

In: Cyber Security, Virus

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Information Security, PDF

The recent findings from McAfee Labs have unveiled a worrying trend in the cybersecurity landscape: a significant increase in malware distribution through PDF files. This revelation is particularly concerning becauseRead More →

How to hide a malicious word document in a PDF to avoid EDR or AV detection

On: August 28, 2023

In: Cyber Security, Forensics, Vulnerabilities

Tagged: cybersecurity, Hacking, Information Security, PDF

In order to avoid being discovered, hackers used a novel technique that they named “MalDoc in PDF” to embed a malicious Word file inside of a PDF document. A fileRead More →