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 …

Kill Process Anti-Monitoring

Malware often employs techniques to evade detection and hinder the efforts of security experts in analyzing its behavior. One notable method involves terminating processes associated with anti-virus software or monitoring tools.

For example, malware may specifically target processes like wireshark.exe, ida.exe, or procmon.exe, which are frequently used by analysts to observe and scrutinize running processes on a system. By …

Wiping or Encrypting Anti-Forensic

Anti-forensic techniques are methods used by malware to prevent security professionals from detecting and analyzing it. One way that malware can accomplish this is by using wiping or encryption techniques to remove its own trace from the system.

In some cases, malware may use wiping or encryption as a decoy, in order to distract security professionals and hide its …

NTFS Files Attributes Antivirus/EDR Evasion

Every New Technology File System (NTFS) formatted partition contains a Master File Table (MFT) that maintains a record for every file/directory on the partition. Within MFT entries are file attributes, such as Extended Attributes and Data known as Alternate Data Streams (ADSs) when more than one Data attribute is present], that can be used to store arbitrary data (and even …

Fast Flux Network Evasion

Fast flux is a technique used by botnets to conceal the location of their phishing and malware delivery sites by using a constantly changing network of compromised hosts as proxies. This makes it difficult for law enforcement and other security actors to track down and shut down the sites, as the IP addresses of the sites are constantly changing.

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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 …

Process Reimaging Process Manipulating

Process Reimaging is a technique used to evade detection by endpoint security solutions. It is a variation of the Process Hollowing or Process Doppelganging techniques, which are used to execute arbitrary code in the context of another process.

The Windows operating system has inconsistencies in how it determines the locations of process image FILE_OBJECTs, which can impact the ability …

Bypass User Account Control Defense Evasion [Mitre]

Adversaries may bypass UAC mechanisms to elevate process privileges on system. Windows User Account Control (UAC) allows a program to elevate its privileges (tracked as integrity levels ranging from low to high) to perform a task under administrator-level permissions, possibly by prompting the user for confirmation.

The impact to the user ranges from denying the operation under high enforcement …

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 …

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