New article: Dissecting the design and vulnerabilities in AZORult C&C panels

Posted by    on   Apr 7, 2021

AZORult malware has been around in the wild for a couple of years and is very effective at stealing sensitive information from end‑user systems.

In a new article for VB, Aditya K Sood looks at the command-and-control (C&C) design of the AZORult malware, discussing his team's findings related to the C&C design and some security issues they identified during their research.

 

AZORult-article-Sood.jpgDissecting the Design and Vulnerabilities in AZORult C&C Panels

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