How hackers find out if you're a high-value target before stealing
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Organizations in the U.S. and Germany have become victims of a new hacker, receiving phishing emails with scam documents and URLs to click. Here's how to stay safe.
However, this malware is especially unique because it will first perform in-depth evaluations of your worth before further invading a target to see if there is enough value. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurt’s CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.
As first reported by Bleeping Computer, like many malware scams, this specific one uses phishing emails that include Microsoft Publisher (.pub) attachments with malicious macros, URLs linking to .pub files with macros, or PDFs containing URLs that download dangerous JavaScript files. The emails can be written in English or German, depending on who the target is and where they are located.
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