Mathilde Venault
New Abuse of the ClickOnce Technology, Part 2: Stop Threat Actors from Clicking Once and Staying Forever
Following our deep dive into the internals of ClickOnce application deployment in Part 1 of this two-part blog series, let’s focus on the security implications of this technology. In this blog, we exa[…]
New Abuse of the ClickOnce Technology, Part 1: The Inner Workings of ClickOnce Application Deployment
Sharing applications with the world is no easy task. Developers struggle to ensure compatibility across different platforms, vendors continually search for new channels to showcase and distribute thei[…]
The Windows Restart Manager: How It Works and How It Can Be Hijacked, Part 2
In the first part of this series, we provided a brief overview of the Windows Restart Manager. In this blog post, we examine how these mechanisms can be exploited by adversaries and review how the Cro[…]
The Windows Restart Manager: How It Works and How It Can Be Hijacked, Part 1
Malware utilizes a multitude of techniques to avoid detection, and threat actors are continuously uncovering and exploiting new methods of attack. One of the less common techniques includes the exploi[…]
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Ransomware, Part 2
In Part 1, we explained what Intel SGX enclaves are and how they benefit ransomware authors. In Part 2, we explore a hypothetical step-by-step implementation and outline the limitations of this method[…]
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Ransomware, Part 1
Intel SGX technology enables developers to isolate and encrypt a portion of code and data in the processor and memory in a trusted execution environment, known as an enclave. As enclaves are increasin[…]