How Video Became a Dangerous Delivery Vehicle for Malware Attacks

The lure of video might be the perfect social engineering trick for malware attacks. Facebook and Instagram have been retrofitted with viral, addictive video features. Malware has been embedded in still-image file formats, such as JPG, PNG and BMP formats, for years. Video malware is part of a trend toward more effective stealth in the delivery of malware. The time is now to get counter-steganography to get around smuggling videos around the world of malware, says John Defterios.”]

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