AttackCrypt: A Payload Encryptor That Allows Malware to Evade Antivirus Scanners

AttackCrypt, an open-source “crypter,” was recently used by cybercriminals to hide malware binaries and avoid antivirus detection. A crypter is a kind of software that can encrypt, obfuscate, and alter malicious code to make detection by security tools more difficult.  “AttackCrypt is an open source “crypter” project that can be used to “protect” binaries and “prevent” detection by AV,” […]

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