New Orcinius Trojan Uses VBA Stomping to Mask Infection


This week, the SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team investigated a sample of Orcinius malware.

This is a multi-stage trojan that is using Dropbox and Google Docs to download second-stage payloads and stay updated. It contains an obfuscated VBA macro that hooks into Windows to monitor running windows and keystrokes and creates persistence using registry keys.

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Source: Sonicwall


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