MALICIOUS
90
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF contains a large number of embedded external links, as indicated by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. While many of these links point to what appear to be benign book titles, the sheer volume and the use of a dynamic DNS hostname (linkpc.net) suggest a potential for abuse. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No scripts were extracted from this sample, and the document body was not fully readable, limiting further analysis of the specific intent beyond link distribution.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912
Heuristics 2
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Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARMSmall PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2094094097096/Eclipse-2-New-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-by-Jonathan-Strahan.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9092090099095/Eclipse-3-New-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-by-Jonathan-Strahan.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096090091090/The-Best-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-of-the-Year-Volume-9-by-Jonathan-Strahan.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2097093092093096/The-Best-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-of-the-Year-Volume-8-by-Jonathan-Strahan.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096090095097/The-Best-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-of-the-Year-Volume-6-by-Jonathan-Strahan.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096090090095/Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-May-June-2014-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-713-by-Gordon-Van-Gelder.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090095094093091099/The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-April-1989-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-455-by-Edward-L-Ferman.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091098091099097090/The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-July-1989-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-458-by-Edward-L-Ferman.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7097096097097095/The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-and-Science-Fiction-September-2008-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-676-by-Gordon-Van-Gelder.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2097093093093/The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-and-Science-Fiction-June-1976-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-301-by-Edward-L-Ferman.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091097095095092091/The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-and-Science-Fiction-March-1986-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-418-by-Edward-L-Ferman.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091099090092095093/The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-May-1985-The-Magazine-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-408-by-Edward-L-Ferman.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091091092095092095/Nebula-Awards-Showcase-2000-The-Year-s-Best-SF-and-Fantasy-Chosen-by-the-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-Writers-by-Gregory-Benford.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9098091099097/Meanwhile-Elsewhere-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-from-Transgender-Writers-by-Cat-Fitzpatrick.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3090099090099093/Conclave-A-Collection-of-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-by-Lee-Murray.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2095090091095/Wonderworks-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-Art-by-Michael-Whelan.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5094099094090099/For-the-Time-Being-A-Science-Fiction-Fantasy-by-Marie-DesJardin.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096095092093095/Best-Vegan-Science-Fiction-amp-Fantasy-of-2016-by-B-Morris-Allen.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1095095090093093/Strange-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-Omnibus-by-Benson-Grayson.pdf
- http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091098093090094093/The-Very-Best-of-Fantasy-amp-Science-Fiction-Sixtieth-Anniversary-Anthology-by-Gordon-Van-Gelder.pdf
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