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ISC StormCast for Friday, April 7th, 2023

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

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The Problem With Self-Extraction Files

The use of self-extracting files or SFX files that was reported by CrowdStrike in a blog post. The trick here is that the actual SFX file does not contain any malware, it just contains a little command at the end which can then be used to download and/or run additional malware on the system.SFX files are also fairly flexible, they're like different decryption unpacking stops that can be used with SFX.

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