April 16, 2024, 9:10 p.m. |

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Financially Motivated Threat Group Embeds Malicious Code in Images
Financially motivated hackers are using the oldie-but-goodie technique of hiding malicious code in digital images to target businesses in Latin America, say security researchers. One image containing a PowerShell script results in Agent Tesla being loaded on the victim computer.

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