How attackers deliver malware to Foxit PDF Reader users

Threat actors are taking advantage of the flawed design of Foxit PDF Reader’s alerts to deliver malware via booby-trapped PDF documents, Check Point researchers have warned. Exploiting the issue The researchers have analyzed several campaigns using malicious PDF files that are targeting Foxit Reader users. The attackers are leveraging a variety of .NET and Python exploit builders, the most popular of which is the “PDF Exploit Builder”, to create PDF documents with macros that execute … More

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