A new report links over 500 weaponized SVGs to a phishing campaign that spoofed a Colombian government portal.

Scalable vector graphics (.svg) files are lightweight, XML-based images that render at any resolution. They’re usually harmless, but they can also contain active code, and hackers appear to be relying on them more often as a means to stealthily deliver malware.

  • unexposedhazard
    101·
    2 months ago

    Eh okay this requires a lot of stupid things to be done by the user to deliver its payload. Sounded scarier from the title.