In this post we introduce Dark Cat, Anubis and Keyhole, three IcedID & Kakbot VNC backdoor variants NVISO observed. We'll follow by exposing common TTPs before revealing information leaked through the attackers' clipboard data.
Category: Reverse Engineering
OneNote Embedded file abuse
In recent weeks OneNote has gotten a lot of media attention as threat actors are abusing the embedded files feature in OneNote in their phishing campaigns. In this post we will analyze this new way of malware delivery and create a detection rule for it.
Anatomy and Disruption of Metasploit Shellcode
In April 2021 we went through the anatomy of a Cobalt Strike stager and how some of its signature evasion techniques ended up being ineffective against detection technologies. In this blog post we will go one level deeper and focus on Metasploit, an often-used framework interoperable with Cobalt Strike. Throughout this blog post we will … Continue reading Anatomy and Disruption of Metasploit Shellcode
Anatomy of Cobalt Strike’s DLL Stager
This blog post will cover the Cobalt Strike DLL stager's anatomy, design choices and highlight ways to reduce both log footprint and time-to-shellcode.
Extracting Certificates From the Windows Registry
I helped a colleague with a forensic analysis by extracting certificates from the Windows registry. In this blog post, we explain how to do this. The Windows registry contains binary blobs, containing certificates. Like this one: Examples of locations where certificates can be found: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates Certificates, encoded in DER format, always start with value … Continue reading Extracting Certificates From the Windows Registry