Security News > 2017 > January > Phishers’ new social engineering trick: PDF attachments with malicious links (Help Net Security)

It is – or it should be – a well known fact that attackers occasionally email potential victims with PDF attachments containing malware or exploit code. But the latest attacks through PDF attachments are geared towards pushing users to enter their email account credentials into well-crafted phishing pages. Attack variants Microsoft security experts saw a lot of variants of the same attack, and they all start with spoofed emails supposedly delivering asked-for documents. In one … More →

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