Cylance Discovers WAV Files Can Hide Malware that was embedded within WAV audio files. The technique is called steganography, and has been used by malware operators before. Security Now previously detailedits use in malware-containing PDF files. Each WAV file was found to be coupled with a loader component for the decoding and execution of malicious content. Some of the WAV files contained code associated with the XMRig Monero CPU miner. Others included Metasploit code used to establish a reverse shell.”]
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