245% Increase in SVG Files Used to Obfuscate Phishing Payloads by admin | Mar 12, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips A KnowBe4 Threat Labs PublicationAuthors: James Dyer and Cameron Sweeney The KnowBe4 Threat Research team has observed a sustained increase in the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files to obfuscate malicious payloads.