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PoisonX WindowsTelemetry: BYOVD-Assisted RAT With a Plugin Loader
PoisonX WindowsTelemetry chain: VERSION.dll sideloading, BYOVD scheduler, 10FX RAT protocol, SOCKS relay, plugin loading, and C2 reuse across two archives.
CrystalX: unpacking a Go RAT through three encrypted layers
Static reverse engineering of a 6.9 MB Go RAT delivered through a C stub loader with XOR, ChaCha20, DEFLATE, AES-GCM strings, and WebSocket C2.
Vidar v1.5 in Go: same family, new language, heavy sandbox checks
A Go 1.25.4 Vidar v1.5 sample uses a twelve-category sandbox scoring system, Telegram and Steam dead-drop C2 discovery, and process injection APIs.
Eimeria: five layers from RAR5 to RunPE
Five-layer delivery chain from a RAR5 archive through a signed carrier DLL side-load, AES-CBC hidden in a fake zlib DLL, IExpress extraction, AutoIt process hollowing, and a .NET...