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Hidden Code in Memes Instruct Malware via Twitter

Analysts discover malicious code embedded in tweeted images. Remember when memes were little more than satirical images overlaid with text? Not anymore. Researchers have identified a new type of ...
Mashable

Hacker uses internet meme to send hidden commands to malware

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Infosecurity-magazine.com

Attackers Connect with Malware via Malicious Memes

A new type of malware has been found listening for commands from malicious memes posted on Twitter, according to new research from Trend Micro. Cyber-criminals are using the social site as an ...
Dark Reading

Memes on Twitter Used to Communicate With Malware

A new and otherwise ordinary malware tool is garnering some attention from security researchers for its ability to retrieve malicious commands via code hidden in a couple of Twitter memes. The malware ...
Bleeping Computer

Emotet malware operation hacked to show memes to victims

Someone is poking fun at the Emotet botnet and heavily disrupting its operations by hacking into the malware's distribution sites and replacing malicious payloads with memes and GIFs. This Emotehack ...
TechSpot

Hackers use Twitter memes to deliver malware commands

Why it matters: Unknown attackers developed a way to use memes posted to Twitter to control RAT-infected computers. The operators use steganography to hide the instructions in images, which the ...
PC Magazine

Hacker Uses Internet Meme to Send Hidden Commands to Malware

Hacker Uses Internet Meme to Send Hidden Commands to Malware The hacker used Twitter and the 'What if I told you' meme to secretly tell a Windows-based strain of malware when to grab screenshots from ...