Tag: VirusTotal
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The Living Dead: How “Zombie ZIP” Headers Trick 50 Mainstream Antivirus Engines
Investigators have directed their scrutiny toward a novel artifice for obfuscating malignant code within ZIP archives. Christened “Zombie ZIP,” this methodology empowers adversaries to shroud their payloads in such a manner that the preponderance of defensive sentinels misidentifies the contents as benign data. Chris Aziz, a security savant affiliated with Bombadil Systems, architected this technique.…
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AI Hunters Expose GhostPenguin: A Stealthy Linux Backdoor Undetected for Months
A previously obscure Linux backdoor known as GhostPenguin has emerged from the shadows thanks to automated threat hunting, in which Trend Research leveraged AI to analyze thousands of undetected samples from VirusTotal. Analysts uncovered a previously undocumented piece of malware that had evaded all antivirus detection for more than four months, and conducted an in-depth…
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Anatomy of a Phishing Attack: How Hackers Are Weaponizing SVG Files
Cybercriminals have launched a new wave of attacks that employ SVG files as carriers for phishing pages. According to researchers at VirusTotal, the attackers disguise themselves as representatives of the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office, distributing email attachments containing hidden JavaScript. Automated analysis revealed behaviors that antivirus engines failed to detect. Meanwhile, SWF files—a format considered obsolete…
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Slhasher: Bulk VirusTotal Hash Lookups
Slhasher – Bulk VirusTotal Hash Lookups Slhasher is a collaborative tool designed to perform bulk SHA256 hash lookups through a graphical user interface. It integrates with VirusTotal to fetch hash metadata and supports exporting results for easy sharing and analysis. Feature Perform bulk SHA256 hash lookups via VirusTotal Download files directly from VirusTotal through Slhasher…
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AI Empowers Malware Analysis: VirusTotal Unveils New Report
VirusTotal has introduced a new study actively exploring the potential of large language models, including neural networks, for identifying and automatically analyzing malicious code. This advancement is poised to save time for experts, focusing their efforts on the most dangerous cyber threats. VirusTotal’s report illustrates how cybersecurity specialists can harness artificial intelligence to enhance the…