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Hackers Flip Characters to Disguise Malware

Hackers are using a new trick to cloak malicious files by disguising their Windows file extensions. The Unitrix exploit uses a hidden code (U+202E) that overrides right-to-left characters to display an executable file as something entirely different. Avast Software: Windows PCs infected with the disguised Trojan were part of a “pay-per-installation” network rented to other criminals. Combating Unitrix is difficult, said Avast researcher Jindrich Kubec, head of Avast’s lab.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2129552/hackers-flip-characters-to-disguise-malware.html

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