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Hackers flip characters to disguise malware
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/08/2011 09:23 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Computerworld posted a story that hackers are using a new trick to cloak malicious files by disguising their Windows file extensions to make them appear safe to download, a Czech security company warned today.
The exploit, dubbed "Unitrix" by Avast Software, abuses Unicode for right-to-left languages -- such as Arabic or Hebrew -- to mask Windows executable files (.exe) as innocuous graphic images (.jpg) or Word documents (.doc).
Unicode is the computer industry standard for representing text with alpha-numeric codes.
Unicode is the computer industry standard for representing text with alpha-numeric codes.
Hackers flip characters to disguise malware
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