Collaborate Disseminate
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In February, we had a few diaries about crypto wallet scams. We saw these scams use YouTube comments, but they happened via other platforms and messaging systems, not just YouTube [1]. The scam was a bit convoluted: The scammer posted the secret key to their crypto wallet. Usually, this would put their crypto wallet at risk of being emptied. But the wallet they used came with a twist: A second key was required. The scammer counted on the victim paying the transaction fee, which the scammer would receive, before attempting to withdraw the funds.
Continue reading New Variant of Crypto Confidence Scam, (Wed, May 21st)
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We have been using our data to identify researchers scanning the internet for a few years. Currently, we are tracking 36 groups performing such scans, and our data feed of the IP addresses used contains around 33k addresses [1].
Continue reading Researchers Scanning the Internet, (Tue, May 20th)
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Like .Net, AutoIT&#;x26;#;x5b;1&#;x26;#;x5d; remains a popular language for years in the malware ecosystem. It&#;x26;#;39;s a simple language that can interact with all the components of the Windows operating system. I regularly discover AutoIT3 binaries (yes, it can be compiled). This weekend, I found a malware delivered through a double layer of AutoIT code!
Continue reading RAT Dropped By Two Layers of AutoIT Code, (Mon, May 19th)
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A couple years ago I published tool xorsearch.py for this diary entry: “Small Challenge: A Simple Word Maldoc – Part 4“.
Continue reading xorsearch.py: Python Functions, (Sat, May 17th)
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