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The Generation of Misinformation: Revolutionizing the World of Phishing Through Deepfakes
By Felissa Mariz D. Marasigan and Lovely Jovellee Lyn Bruiz 2020 brought a major change in the digital world. As we bring our day-to-day activities online, our social network grows vastly, and new more diverse threat starts creeping in. In 2017, DeepFakes, also known as manipulated media produced through artificial intelligence, were primarily used by enthusiasts to generate fake porn videos. It is
Excel Formula/Macro in .xlsb?
Excel Formula, or XLM – doesn’t stop giving pain to researchers? On Friday I got a new sample using the xlsb file-format that supposedly was having malicious code. I had a quick look, and wow – this was different. My first check on VirusTotal (VT) showed me that it hadn’t been uploaded to VT yet. So with nothing to go on,
Decompiling Excel Formula/Macro 4.0 files to understand their execution
Office malware has been around for a long time. In the past I’ve written several blogs [1,2,3,4] about the basics and beyond. In this blog we’ll focus on Excel Formula (XF) 4.0. I wasn’t too familiar with XF 4.0 before I started looking into it, so learn with me. With VBA macros you’ll find these easily by decompressing some streams and
Cloud as an Attack Vector
As cloud services have grown in popularity, they have also become a fertile ground for cybercriminals to launch attacks that stay under the radar. Attackers are taking advantage of the trust that users, organizations, and security vendors place in popular cloud services. This blog post provides examples of four key ways in which attackers abuse cloud services, for: Malware delivery
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AVAR (Association of anti Virus Asia Researchers) was formed in June, 1998. AVAR's mission is to prevent the spread of and damage caused by malicious software, and to develop cooperative relationships among anti-malware experts in Asia. We are an independent and not-for-profit organization which is based in the Asia-Pacific region."