I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “A Simple Batch File That Blocks People“: I found another script that performs malicious actions. It’s a simple batch file (.bat) that is not obfuscated but it has a very low VT score (1/53). The file hash is cc8ae359b629bc40ec6151ddffae21ec8cbfbcf7ca7bda9b3d9687ca05b1d584. The file is detected by
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “More Undetected PowerShell Dropper“: Last week, I published a diary about a PowerShell backdoor running below the radar with a VT score of 0! This time, it’s a dropper with multiple obfuscation techniques in place. It is also important to mention that the injection technique used is similar
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Simple but Undetected PowerShell Backdoor“: For a while, most security people agree on the fact that antivirus products are not enough for effective protection against malicious code. If they can block many threats, some of them remain undetected by classic technologies. Here is
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Python Shellcode Injection From JSON Data“: My hunting rules detected a niece piece of Python code. It’s interesting to see how the code is simple, not deeply obfuscated, and with a very low VT score: 2/56!. I see more and more malicious Python code
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “The UPX Packer Will Never Die!“: Today, many malware samples that you can find in the wild are “packed”. The process of packing an executable file is not new and does not mean that it is de-facto malicious. Many developers decide to pack
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Excel Recipe: Some VBA Code with a Touch of Excel4 Macro“: Microsoft Excel supports two types of macros. The legacy format is known as “Excel4 macro” and the new (but already used for a while) is based on VBA. We already cover both
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Cryptocurrency Clipboard Swapper Delivered With Love“: Be careful if you’re a user of cryptocurrencies. My goal is not to re-open a debate about them and their associated financial risks. No, I’m talking here about technical risk. Wallet addresses are long strings of characters that
published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Waiting for the C2 to Show Up“: Keep this in mind: “Patience is key”. Sometimes when you are working on a malware sample, you depend on online resources. I’m working on a classic case: a Powershell script decodes then injects a shellcode into a process. There
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Malicious Microsoft Word Remains A Key Infection Vector“: Despite Microsoft’s attempts to make its Office suite more secure and disable many automatic features, despite the fact that users are warned that suspicious documents should not be opened, malicious Word documents remain a key
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Infected With a .reg File“: Yesterday, I reported a piece of malware that uses archive.org to fetch its next stage. Today, I spotted another file that is also interesting: A Windows Registry file (with a “.reg” extension). Such files are text files created by exporting values
