KnowBe4 - Malicious Memes Trigger Malware Functions

Cybercriminals are using steganography to deliver commands to malware via malicious memes, according to researchers at Trend Micro. Steganography is the art of hiding messages inside images.

In this case the images are ones that circulate as popular Internet memes. The memes install code that acts as a command-and-control service for malware which is already present on the targeted machine.



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/malicious-memes-trigger-malware-functions

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