Sentences with phrase «by malware creators»

Kaspersky's research noted that the attacks were possible due to a zero - day vulnerability, which can be used by malware creators to mislead users into downloading malicious files disguised, for example, as images.

Also, popular programs like Adobe Reader are heavily targeted by malware creators, and there are many forms of malware that infect your system through the use of specially crafted PDF files.

«Besides that, however, it can also be used by malware creators to mislead users into downloading malicious files disguised, for example, as images.»

Cryptoshuffler then replaces the address in the clipboard with an address owned by the malware creator.

Not exact matches

«Malware created by intelligence agencies can backfire on its creators,» noted Russian President Vladimir Putin, who blamed the U.S. government after his own country was badly hit by the WannaCry ransomware attacks.

Malware creators are almost purely motivated by profit these days.

Security blogger Brian Krebs noted today (May 7) that many malware creators test their products to make sure they will not be detected by antivirus signature scanners upon initial release.