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Phishing emails increasingly use SVG attachments to evade detection (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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Threat actors increasingly use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments to display phishing forms or deploy malware while evading detection.

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 9 hours ago

I would've thought a text-based format would be easier to scan...

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

New techniques come out all the time. Sandboxes will just have to be programmed to detonate and detect these like they did with QR codes.