Using Base64 for Malware Obfuscation
What is Malware – Malware stands for malicious software and software, in simple language, means some program written in any programming language. So if a...
Malware analysis
FlowCloud malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it
I wish I could say that attack campaigns that target the United States energy sector do not exist, but unfortunately they do. The attack group behind the infamous...
Kaiji malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
Trend Micro recently reported that they have detected variants of two existing Linux OS botnet malware types, known as XORDDoS malware, that targeted exposed...
xHelper malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
Research shows malware spreading and directed specifically at mobile users. Check Point’s 2019 Mid-Year Trends Report shows that cyberattacks targeting smartphones...
Analyzing Malware Network Behavior
Analysis is a process of inspecting samples of a piece of malware to find out more about its nature, functionality and purpose. This in turn will create a...
ZLoader: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
It was once said that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. In the case of the Zeus malware family, its fruit is known as ZLoader and it definitely has...
Zeus Sphinx: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
When something is described as “rising from the ashes,” the mythological creature known as the phoenix normally comes to mind. For those that research...
How to detect and prevent web shells: New guidance from the NSA and the Australian government
It’s not every day that governments of different countries draft guidance rules about any subject together. It is even rarer that they create joint guidance...
Tesla Model 3 vulnerability: What you need to know about the web browser bug
In 2020, Jacob Archuleta, a researcher nicknamed Nullze, discovered an important information security vulnerability on the web browser of the Tesla Model 3...
How to use Radare2 for reverse engineering
This article defines reverse-engineering as it is used in the analysis of software. We will explain in detail how to use radare2 for reverse engineering.
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