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New Malware Variant Uses Google Docs As a Proxy To Phone Home

Posted by timothy on from the why-not-use-linkedin-like-all-the-other-spammers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Windows 8 may block most malware out of the box, but there is still malware out there that thwarts Microsoft's latest and greatest. A new Trojan variant, detected as Backdoor.Makadocs and spread via RTF and Microsoft Word document marked as Trojan.Dropper, has been discovered that not only adds a clause to target Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, but also uses Google Docs as a proxy server to phone home to its Command & Control (C&C) server."

2 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. John Gilmore by Elgonn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "The malware interprets security as damage and routes around it."

  2. Re:Yep. by jones_supa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Even when Microsoft makes something bulletproof, these tech assholes have to blame a Google problem on Microsoft.

    No.

    It uses a vulnerability in RTF and Word documents to get into the system.

    It only uses Google Docs as a fancy way to phone home.