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Latest Astaroth living-off-the-land attacks are even more invisible but not less observable

March 23, 2020 TH Author Alternate Data Streams (ADS), Astaroth, behavioral blocking and containment, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, fileless, info-stealing malware, living-off-the-land, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, ransomware, Security Intelligence, Threat protection, WMIC

Astaroth is back sporting significant changes. The updated attack chain maintains Astaroth’s complex, multi-component nature and continues its pattern of detection evasion.
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Dismantling a fileless campaign: Microsoft Defender ATP next-gen protection exposes Astaroth attack

July 8, 2019 TH Author AI and machine learning, Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), Astaroth, behavior monitoring, Command-line scanning, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Execution stage, fileless, fileless malware, heuristics, Initial access stage, living-off-the-land, Microsoft Defender ATP, Security Intelligence, Threat protection, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Security, WMIC

Advanced technologies in Microsoft Defender ATP next-generation protection exposed and defeated a widespread fileless campaign that completely “lived off the land” throughout a complex attack chain that run the info-stealing backdoor Astaroth directly in memory
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