In the following example, I will use MSFvenom to generate a Windows shellcode to execute calc.exe and use ZYPE to do the IPv6 obfuscation. Let's first generate the shellcode. This will generate the ...

You may be familiar with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), but now there's also packer-as-a-service. Security vendor Sophos on Dec. 6 published research on "Shanya," a packer-as-a-service family that ...

A sneaky new strain of the ClickFix malware is making the rounds, and it’s going after the easiest victim of all: anyone who trusts a Windows update prompt. Security researchers at Huntress say the ...

North Korea-linked Contagious Interview campaign is now luring developers with trojanized coding tasks and pulling obfuscated payloads from public JSON-storage services like JSON Keeper, JSONSilo, and ...

The malware known as GootLoader has resurfaced yet again after a brief spike in activity earlier this March, according to new findings from Huntress. The cybersecurity company said it observed three ...

Google has discovered a new breed of AI-powered malware that uses large language models (LLMs) during execution to dynamically generate malicious scripts and evade detection. A Google Threat ...

Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...

The cybercriminal group known as LockBit has released an improved 5.0 version of its ransomware (LockBit 5.0), which is “significantly more dangerous,” warns Trend Micro. The malware now attacks ...

In a newly disclosed multi-stage threat campaign, attackers were seen skipping disk and leaning on in-memory tricks to deliver the XWorm remote access trojan (RAT). According to Forcepoint Labs’ ...

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A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...