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APT-37 Weaponizing JPEGs – A Stealthy Threat
By Loren Rozenbloom, 11/08/2025
North Korea-linked APT-37 is now weaponizing JPEG images to deliver malware through seemingly harmless files. This evolving tactic bypasses traditional detection and highlights a dangerous blind spot in file-based security.
📰 Read the full article:
👉 APT37 Hackers Weaponizes JPEG Files to Attack Windows Systems Leveraging “mspaint.exe”
📂 How can organizations defend against this?
At BUFFERZONE®, we advocate for a Zero-Trust File Security approach using Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) — a method that neutralizes threats by rebuilding files into safe versions before they reach users.
🔍 Want to understand how JPEG files can carry hidden threats and how CDR works?
Check out our blog series:
👉 JPEG CDR Deep Dive: The Beginners Guide – Reversing and Preventing the Invisible Malware and How CDR can improve Our Security (Part-3) – BUFFERZONE
Let’s stop trusting files by default — and start isolating and reconstructing them.
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