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Malware hides C&C server communications using Google Docs function

Symantec has reported that a variant of malware hides its command-and-control (C&C) server communications using a legitimate Google Docs function. The infection vector is a malicious Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) documents that the victims open inadvertently, as usual the file is sent via a phishing email. Only few instances of the malware have been detected world wide, around a hundred locates in south America, to be exact in Brazil, and this aspect let experts to speculate that the authors have chosen a specific region to conduct some tests.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/10454/malware/malware-hides-cc-server-communications-using-google-docs-function.html

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