zigzag3143
Contributor, Sysnative Staff Emeritus
- Mar 27, 2012
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http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/1...-8-uses-google-docs-as-a-proxy-to-phone-home/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.