yara unable to access .yara files (could not open file error) even though all permissions are set [on hold]

I am running a VM which has most of the .yara files in /korn/a/b/yara.

Samples are in /korn/a/samples. Whenever I run
yara -m /korn/a/b/yara/yara_rules.rules /korn/a/samples/World1.doc
I get error: could not open file: /korn… Continue reading yara unable to access .yara files (could not open file error) even though all permissions are set [on hold]

[SANS ISC] Stop relying on file extensions

I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Stop relying on file extensions“. Yesterday, I found an interesting file in my spam trap. It was called ‘16509878451.XLAM’. To be honest, I was not aware of this extension and I found this on the web: “A file with the XLAM file extension is an

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