HijackLoader Expands Techniques to Improve Defense Evasion

Originally published by CrowdStrike. HijackLoader continues to become increasingly popular among adversaries for deploying additional payloads and toolingA recent HijackLoader variant employs sophisticated techniques to enhance its complexity and defense evasionCrowdStrike detects this new HijackLoader variant using machine learning and behavior-based detection capabilities CrowdStrike researchers have identified a HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) sample that employs sophisticated evasion techn...

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