I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Malicious Excel Sheet with a NULL VT Score“: Just a quick diary today to demonstrate, once again, that relying only on a classic antivirus solution is not sufficient in 2020. I found a sample that just has a very nice score of 0/57 on VT. Yes, according to
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[SANS ISC] Tracking A Malware Campaign Through VT
I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Tracking A Malware Campaign Through VT“: During the weekend, I found several samples from the same VBA macro. The only difference between all the samples was the URL to fetch a malicious PE file. I have a specific YARA rule to search for embedded
Facebook Archives Predictive Name: Some Found Online
Facebook is in the news for a few days after the disclosure of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. A few days ago, another wave of rumours revealed that the Facebook app could collect your private data. Facebook denied and a ping-pong game started. Is it true or false? The fact is
[SANS ISC] AutoIT based malware back in the wild
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “AutoIT based malware back in the wild“. One week ago I wrote a diary with an analysis of a malicious RAR archive that contained an AutoIT script. The technique was not new but I was curious to see if this was a one-shot
Integrating VirusTotal within ELK
[This blogpost has also been published as a guest diary on isc.sans.org] Visualisation is a key when you need to keep control of what’s happening on networks which carry daily tons of malicious files. virustotal.com is a key player in fighting malwares on a daily basis. Not only, you can submit
Automatic MIME Parts Scanning with VirusTotal
Here is a Python script that I developed for my personal use: mime2vt.py. I decided to release it because I think it could be helpful for many of you. In 2012, I started a project called CuckooMX. The goal was to automatically scan attachments in emails with Cuckoo to find
ownCloud and VirusTotal Integration
For a few days, I switched from DropBox to ownCloud and I’m now playing more with the available ‘apps‘. Besides the privacy context, ownCloud seduced me with its add-on feature. Is it possible to install external plug-ins (called ‘apps‘) to add new or improve native features. Of course, downloading and