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

In a new article, 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.
Dissecting the Design and Vulnerabilities in AZORult C&C Panels Read the paper (HTML) Download the paper (PDF) If you have some research you'd like to share with the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2021/04/new-article-dissecting-design-and-vulnerabilities-azorult-cc-panels/

New paper: LokiBot: dissecting the C&C panel deployments

First advertised as an information stealer and keylogger when it appeared in underground forums in 2015, LokiBot has added various capabilities over the years and has affected many users worldwide. In a new paper researcher Aditya Sood analyses the URL st…
If you have some research you'd like to share with the security community, we'd love to hear from you: the call for papers for VB2020 (Dublin, 30 Sept to 2 Oct 2020) remains open… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2020/02/new-paper-lokibot-dissecting-cc-panel-deployments/

New paper: Powering the distribution of Tesla stealer with PowerShell and VBA macros

Since their return four years ago, Office macros have been one of the most common ways to spread malware. Today, we publish a research paper which looks in detail at a campaign in which VBA macros are used to execute PowerShell code, which in turn downloa…
Ever since their return more than four years ago, initially in targeted attacks and later in large-scale malware campaigns, Office macros have been one of the most prominent ways… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2018/04/new-paper-powering-distribution-tesla-stealer-powershell-and-vba-macros/