The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser artwork

North Korean Hackers Hide Malicious Code within BMP image, Goes Undetected by AntiVirus software

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

English - April 20, 2021 16:43 - 14 minutes - 8.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Let us discuss the complexity behind this trojan hack, the multi-layer approach of hiding the RAT (remote access trojan) is absolutely genius.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_Application https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/04/lazarus-apt-conceals-malicious-code-within-bmp-file-to-drop-its-rat/