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Locky ransomware adds anti sandbox feature

August 31, 2017 admin Locky, macro, malware, ransomware, Threat analysis, Word

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:09:39 +0000

Locky attempts to evade detection by relying once more on simply, yet effective user interaction.

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Malicious macro using a sneaky new trick

January 23, 2017 admin antimalware, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Donoff, guidance, Locky, macro, Macro-based malware, malware, malware research, office, ransomware, Social engineering, VBA, VBAscript, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Word

We recently came across a file (ORDER-549-6303896-2172940.docm, SHA1: 952d788f0759835553708dbe323fd08b5a33ec66) containing a VBA project that scripts a malicious macro (SHA1: 73c4c3869304a10ec598a50791b7de1e7da58f36). We added it under the detection TrojanDownloader:O97M/Donoff – a large family of Office-targeting macro-based malware that has been active for several years (see our blog category on macro-based malware for more blogs). However, there wasn’t…