COM Hijacking Process Manipulating

COM hijacking is a technique used by adversaries to insert malicious code into the Windows operating system through the Microsoft Component Object Model (COM).

COM is a system that allows software components to interact with each other, and adversaries can abuse this system to execute their own code in place of legitimate software. To achieve this, they alter references …

Inline Hooking Process Manipulating

Inline hooking is a technique used to intercept calls to target functions. It is commonly used by antiviruses, sandboxes, and malware to perform a variety of tasks, such as checking parameters, shimming, logging, spoofing returned data, and filtering calls.

The process of inline hooking involves directly modifying the code within the target function, usually by overwriting the first few …

Domain Generation Algorithm Network Evasion

Domain generation algorithms (DGAs) are algorithms used by malware to generate a large number of domain names that can be used as communication channels with their command and control servers. These domain names are generated periodically, typically using a pseudorandom number generator.

The use of DGAs makes it difficult for law enforcement and other security actors to shut down …

Treepoline Process Manipulating

Tree-view controls are a type of user interface element that is used to display hierarchical data in a graphical user interface (GUI). They are commonly used in Windows applications and allow users to navigate and explore complex data structures.

To display its content, a tree-view control must sort the items it shows. The sorting routine for a tree-view control …

OLEUM Process Manipulating

Edit controls are a type of user interface element that allows a user to enter and edit text in a graphical user interface (GUI). They are commonly used in Windows applications and can be embedded directly into a GUI or subclassed as a separate window. Edit controls can be set to display text in multiline mode, in which case they …

EditWordBreakProc Process Manipulating

Edit controls, including Rich Edit controls, are a common type of Windows control found in many applications. They can be embedded directly in the application or as subclassed windows.

When these controls display text in multiline mode, they use a callback function called EditWordBreakProc. This function is called every time the control needs to do something related to …

CLIPBRDWNDCLASS Process Manipulating

CLIPBRDWNDCLASS is a window class that is registered by the Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) library (ole32.dll) to handle clipboard data. When a window of this class is created, it is assigned a number of window properties that store the addresses of various interfaces that are used to process clipboard data. These interfaces include the ClipboardDataObjectInterface, ClipboardRootDataObjectInterface, and …

DNS API Injection Process Manipulating

DNS API injection is a technique used by malware to evade detection by intercepting and modifying DNS (Domain Name System) requests made by a host system. The technique involves injecting code into the DNS API (Application Programming Interface) of the host system, which is a set of functions and protocols that allow communication with the DNS service. By injecting code …

Access Token Manipulation: Parent PID Spoofing Process Manipulating Defense Evasion [Mitre]

Adversaries may spoof the parent process identifier (PPID) of a new process to evade process-monitoring defenses or to elevate privileges. New processes are typically spawned directly from their parent, or calling, process unless explicitly specified.

One way of explicitly assigning the PPID of a new process is via the CreateProcess API call, which supports a parameter that defines the …

Misusing Structured Exception Handlers Anti-Disassembly

Misusing Structured Exception Handlers is a technique used by malware to make it more difficult for security analysts to reverse engineer the code. Structured Exception Handlers (SEH) are functions that are used to handle exceptions in a program. These can be misused by malware to fool disassemblers and make it harder to analyze the code. One way this is done …

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