The Most Interesting Malware Of Them All
As analysts investigating malware on web hosting platforms, we see a lot of the same thing over and over again. Phishing kits, for example, all look the same after a while: a copy of a legitimate page with a PHP script that sends email or a telegram message to the kit owner. Credit card skimmers, similarly, all look the same after a while. So, it is always refreshing when you come across something uncommon.
A Look At Two Unique Malware Encoding Techniques
Uncommon Math
We are all familiar with math in websites. Whether it is adding tax to a purchase, building a range for a random number generator, incrementing counters, or converting days to seconds, math is used constantly. But, because computers work on groups of ones and zeros (bits), there are other ‘mathematical’ operations that can be performed. These bitwise (or logical) operations can make malicious code appear to be complete nonsense.
