AutoIT3 Compiled Scripts Dropping Shellcodes, (Fri, Dec 5th)

AutoIT3[1] is a powerful language that helps to built nice applications for Windows environments, mainly to automate tasks. If it looks pretty old, the latest version was released last September and it remains popular amongst developers, for the good… or the bad! Malware written in AutoIt3 has existed since the late 2000s, when attackers realized that the language was easy to learn (close to basic) but can also compiled into standalone PE files! From a malware point of view, such executables make an extended use of packed data, making them more stealthy.

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Attempts to Bypass CDNs, (Wed, Dec 3rd)

Currently, in order to provide basic DDoS protection and filter aggressive bots, some form of Content Delivery Network (CDN) is usually the simplest and most cost-effective way to protect a web application. In a typical setup, DNS is used to point clients to the CDN, and the CDN will then forward the request to the actual web server. There are a number of companies offering services like this, and cloud providers will usually have solutions like this as well.

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