Behind the scenes, a "Dropper" script went to work. To keep Elena from getting suspicious, it quickly opened a fake, blurry PDF document on her screen. While she was squinting at the fake document, the malware was busy in the background:
If you hover your mouse over a file in some email clients, it may reveal the true, non-reversed name. executare_silita_an‮fdp.exe
Here is a story of how this digital "Trojan Horse" works its way onto a computer. The Decoy: A Letter from the Tax Man Behind the scenes, a "Dropper" script went to work
The attacker named the file executare_silita_an followed by the RTLO character. They then typed fdp.exe . Here is a story of how this digital
When Elena double-clicked the file, her computer didn't open a PDF reader. Instead, it saw the .exe extension and ran the code.
It began scanning her browser for saved passwords and banking cookies.
In reality, the file Elena saw was a lie. The true name of the file on the server was executare_silita_an[RTLO]fdp.exe .