Applied Network Security

Intrusion with a PDF

This is a popular and effective method of attack especially when combined with a well thought out social engineering scheme.

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to display documents such as brochures, contracts, forms, applications, eBooks, and so on. When you pair a RAT and an embedded PDF using a social infiltration technique with a little creativity to bypass security, it can compromise that system or even the whole business network. Affecting data loss, fraud, and cost of repairs on a computer or networks that failed to regularly update, upgrade, patch it, or lacking any form of reinforced security.

Let's look at how we can create one ourselves, so you can get a better understanding of how it works. ...