How Shlayer Hides its Configuration

Dec. 27, 2022, 5 a.m. |

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The prolific adware known as Shlayer continues to evolve in creative ways! In this guest blog post, security researcher Taha Karim, details an unusual Shlayer sample that encrypts its configuration within the DMG file header structure.

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