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Microsoft Discovers Supply Chain Attack at Unnamed Maker of PDF Software

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-07-27 12:45:04
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

Submitted via IRC for BoyceMagooglyMonkey

Microsoft said today that hackers compromised a font package installed by a PDF editor app and used it to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on users' computers.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-discovers-supply-chain-attack-at-unnamed-maker-of-pdf-software/ [bleepingcomputer.com]

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