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cover image for article: Malware analysis report: MagicRAT (Lazarus)

Malware analysis report: MagicRAT (Lazarus)

MagicRat malware is a remote access trojan (RAT) that is primarily distributed through exploiting vulnerabilities such as Log4j in VMware Horizon. Malware is software that is designed to give its crea

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PGP encryption. Practical examples

A simple implementations of PGP encryption in Python

cover image for article: Static malware analysis: Office documents

Static malware analysis: Office documents

Hello and welcome back to a new practical case: analyze office documents. In our case, we are going to start looking at how to analyze Microsoft Office documents.

cover image for article: Classic Malware: Carbanak. Part 2

Classic Malware: Carbanak. Part 2

This little analysis is based on leaked banking malware Carbanak's source codes.

cover image for article: Malware Analysis example. Classic case: Stuxnet. Part 2

Malware Analysis example. Classic case: Stuxnet. Part 2

In this part 2 of our reverse engineering article of the stuxnet malware we will continue where we left off last time and take a deeper dive into the how and the what in regards to its functionality.

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Reverse shells and cats (netCAT, soCAT)

In this post, we will investigate the concept of a reverse shell and examine some examples of its application in practice by making use of netcat and socat.

cover image for article: Classic Malware: Carbanak

Classic Malware: Carbanak

This little analysis is based on leaked banking malware Carbanak's source codes.

cover image for article: Malware Analysis example. Classic case: Stuxnet

Malware Analysis example. Classic case: Stuxnet

Stuxnet, as it came to be known, was unlike any other virus or worm that came before. In today's article we will reverse engineer this malware in order to better understand its code.

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Static malware analysis of PDF files

We will do static analysis on PDF documents, including analysis of embedded strings.

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Intro to static malware analysis

Static code analysis is the technique of studying the source code of a program without running it. This can be valuable for malware reverse engineering, as it can assist discover dangerous code.

cover image for article: What is DLL Hijacking? And How Does it Work?

What is DLL Hijacking? And How Does it Work?

DLL hijacking is a method in which a trusted and legit program is tricked into loading a malicious DLL.

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How to Get Into Cybersecurity

Looking to learn how to break into cybersecurity? Search no further! This article covers everything you need to know about getting into cybersecurity.

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