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#Reverse

9 articles

Essays20 min read

Hack Yourself: Reversing the Program That Came Without a Manual

An interactive essay on reading the world, and myself, the way I read a malware sample: a program with no manual, a malware report on that program with six findings (Fun included), a triage window, a trace log, a breakpoint and a git history. The skills I thought were obsolete still transfer, once I learn to export them.

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Unpackers & Tools15 min read

Anatomy of a simple and popular packer

A walkthrough of a simple, widely used packer: its architecture, the PE stub and the shellcode stages that unpack the final payload.

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Stealers33 min read

Let's play (again) with Predator the thief

A second look at Predator the Thief, focused on how a newer version of the stealer was built and what changed in its code.

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Unpackers & Tools3 min read

Haruko Malware Tracker - 1 Year Anniversary Update

An update one year after launching Haruko, my solo malware tracker, and what it offers for OSINT work and learning malware analysis.

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Botnets & Miners10 min read

Overview of Proton Bot, another loader in the wild!

An overview of Proton Bot, a malware loader seen in the wild in 2019: how it works and what it can do.

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Stealers18 min read

Let's nuke Megumin Trojan

A reverse-engineering walkthrough of Megumin Trojan, a C++ malware sold on underground forums, and of what it can do.

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Stealers23 min read

Let's play with Qulab, an exotic malware developed in AutoIT

Qulab, a password stealer and clipper written in AutoIt: how its code is obfuscated and executed, its features and its Telegram bot C2.

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Stealers24 min read

Let's dig into Vidar - An Arkei Copycat/Forked Stealer (In-depth analysis)

An in-depth analysis of Vidar, an info-stealer forked from Arkei, and of how it differs from the malware it copies.

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Stealers16 min read

Predator The Thief: In-depth analysis (v2.3.5)

An in-depth analysis of Predator the Thief v2.3.5, an info-stealer written in C/C++, from its hidden C2 to the data it steals.

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