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Weaponised PDF: Malware Analysis Report

I file PDF possiedono una funzione interessante: sono in grado di contenere degli allegati (documenti o componenti multimediali), che possono essere eseguiti con un semplice clic dell’utente.

Nella maggior parte dei casi, questi file incorporati sono innocui, ma, a volte, possono essere usati dai threat actor per distribuire dei malware.

Durante l’attività OSINT, il nostro Malware Lab ha intercettato un PDF contenente un file Microsoft Excel che, una volta aperto, era capace di eseguire un payload dannoso, rubando vari tipi di dati (come credenziali del browser Web, schermate e sequenze di tasti) ed esponendo le vittime dell’attacco a furti di identità, frode, ricatto o altri attacchi informatici.

Dato che non tutti i tipi di file eseguibili possono essere allegati nei PDF, il Malware Lab, svolgendo test pratici descritti nel report, ha verificato che, alcuni tipi di file in ascesa come vettori d’infezione, possono comunque essere veicolati attraverso i PDF.

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Degree in Business Administration from the University of Naples 'Federico II' with an MBA in Business Management achieved with high merit in 2008 by winning a scholarship provided by Invitalia S.p.A. from which she was selected in the first months of attendance as the best MBA profile.

After a brief experience in Invitalia S.p.A., he immediately held increasingly important roles in the management of Administration, Finance and Control of companies operating in the defence sector, theInformation Technology, of Cyber and National Security. In addition, she was Treasury Manager in companies operating in theEnergy.

He obtained an Executive Master in Finance (EMF) at SDA Bocconi in 2020, with a specialisation in Corporate Finance & Control and, in 2022, a further specialisation track in Asset, Wealth Management also at SDA Bocconi.

For over five years it has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Defence Tech Group, whose listing process he followed on the Euronext Growth Milan segment of Borsa Italiana.

From 2017 to 2024, she was a member of the boards of directors of all the legal entity of the Defence Tech Group with delegated powers over their financial management and from October 2021 to October 2024 was a Board Member of the Holding Company.

It is currently also Investor Relations Manager of the listed Defence Tech and follows all ESG issues of the Group.

In July 2021, she was recognised by Federmanager as one of the best talents under 44 at national level, receiving an important award as Young Manager 2020.