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A custom PowerShell RAT uses to target German users using Ukraine crisis as bait

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” reads the analysis published by MalwareBytes. de” The script bypasses the Windows Antimalware Scan Interface ( AMSI ) using an AES-encrypted function called bypass. The malicious code builds a unique id for the victim and exfiltrates data as a JSON data structure sent to the C2 server via a POST request.

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The Impacts of Data Loss on Your Organization

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Understanding the different types of data is crucial for organizations as it helps them devise appropriate data protection and management strategies. Data can be classified into; Structured Data: Structured data refers to information that is organized in a predefined format.

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How Ursnif Evolves to Keep Threatening Italy

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For instance, the latest waves increased their target selectivity abilities by implementing various country-checks and their anti-analysis capabilities through heavy code obfuscation. Technical Analysis. This layer is quite different because it contains a junk-char enriched hexadecimal code, actually XOR encrypted with the 0x52 key.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

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For more details on this finding see the Technical Analysis below. Technical Analysis. OLE files are hierarchical data structures that have several storages and streams (in contrast to folders and files in an operating system). Figure 8 below shows the structure of the xls file. A deeper dive.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

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Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). The Sleuth Kit enables administrators to analyze file system data via a library of command-line tools for investing disk images. Volatility.