How attackers use evasion techniques
SophosLabs has released a new report “How Sunburst Malware Does Defense Evasion”. Sean Gallagher, Senior Threat Researcher at Sophos explains the background. The report uses a micro-analysis to show how attackers use evasion techniques to avoid detection by security technologies for as long as possible. According to the SophosLabs analysis, Sunburst uses a compromised software component for using SolarWinds' Orion to detect or even disable protective software on the target systems. SophosLabs has deconstructed the code used by Sunburst and provides an overview that researchers and security...