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APT-37 Weaponizing JPEGs – A Stealthy Threat
By BUFFERZONE Team
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.
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???? APT37 Hackers Weaponizes JPEG Files to Attack Windows Systems Leveraging “mspaint.exe”
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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.
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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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