Unicode feature misused to infect computers on a payment-per-install basis
“What you see is not what you get,” thanks to a new wave of malware that misuses a special language display feature to trick people into opening supposedly “safe” files. The new exploit misuses features in Unicode – the computing industry’s standard for representing text – to mask executable malware as “safe” files with a .doc or .jpg extension. It has been named "Unitrix" by AVAST Software analysts.
- DAWN NICHOLLS
- InfoSecurity
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