Hackers are sneaking malware into SVG images to bypass antivirus - here's what we know

Hackers are sharing malicious SVG files which spoof real-life websites in order to trick victims into downloading damaging items. Cybersecurity researchers VirusTotal spotted the malware after adding ...
Bleeping Computer

Attackers use SVG files to smuggle QBot malware onto Windows systems

QBot malware phishing campaigns have adopted a new distribution method using SVG files to perform HTML smuggling that locally creates a malicious installer for Windows. This attack is made through ...
Bleeping Computer

Phishing emails increasingly use SVG attachments to evade detection

Threat actors increasingly use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments to display phishing forms or deploy malware while evading detection. Most images on the web are JPG or PNG files, which are ...
WinBuzzer

VirusTotal’s AI Uncovers Year-Long Malware Campaign Hidden in SVG Files

VirusTotal has used its AI Code Insight tool to uncover a year-long malware campaign that hid within SVG files to evade antivirus software.
Ars Technica

Calling javascript functions from embedded svg

So, I have an SVG graphic embedded in an html page.<BR><BR>within the svg are some mouseover events that do some re-drawing stuff.<BR><BR>Now I want the containing page to also make some updates as a ...