I love how they went through six stages of obsfuscation, and a lot of effort into hiding what they were doing.... but their payload was literally called "Attack.jpg" like surely they could have named it something at least slightly less blatant.
Perhaps they didn't care to hide it at that point? I know that obfuscation helps to counter analysts, but when the code is downloading data from a URL, then I suppose it wouldn't've been worth their effort to obscure the name of the download. Then again, they could've made a second download with totally unnecessary data. Either way - this thing is bad (for you)! xD
This style of video really helps me with my start in forensics and malware analysis. I love liveoverflow and other CTF summary channels but they often feel like magic in the way they present their findings. Keep up the great work :3
Whatever that quality is that great teachers have, you have it. Never change the format of your videos. I love seeing you troubleshoot and reason through everything live.
But then he would have been on 8-12 screens and typed those 200k characters (hacking is typing fast), it's all hard to follow. It would be like watching the Matrix.
@@garethevans9789 Pentesting tools are released open source because not only is open source more effective, but it makes sure that the developers are not potentially profiting off of malicious actors, intentionally or not.
the evolving of rat is so amazing, i remember in late 90's where sub7, netbus and back orifice was so popular and inspired me into hacking. IRC was the channel to go to before and dial up is your connection.
I'm just finding this channel and its quickly becoming my favorite content. Im fascinated with all of this. Really inspires me to get started with basic coding to get my feet wet.
Where have you been all my CS degree? This is awesome watching this stuff in action as you do it. I love the content! Definitely going to keep watching!
John, as you are very good, you should stand this comment: In Powershell a "split (..)" is a regular expression splitten in string in portione of two characters, ie "4142" becomes "41", "42", in Hex AB
I've taken apart stuff like this (when I worked in large enterprise) but the samples were rarely more than 3-4 levels deep. This actually looks a lot more like a challenge you'd get at a CTF competition _(perhaps they're getting ideas from each other)_ ?
Great video, I love this series. Also special thanks for zooming in this much, watching code-related stuff on phone is usually a pain, but not in your case. Keep up the good work!
Dude you are simply awesome...it's so enriching for all of your viewers to see your hard work and all your skills, and the best of all is that we can see you enjoying so we enjoy and learn too. Regards from Spain!
I was watching some scam baiting videos and also doing some deep dives into RATs and just... CyberSec/CompSci things in general and found this video. I'm glad I bumped into your channel. Really good stuff you have going on here
Damn, I just watched over an hour of stuff I have no clue of and I still feel educated and entertained. It even kinda makes sense, when you talk about it and explain some stuff. Thank you very much! :)
I love these malware analysis videos. You break stuff down to a fairly easy to understand level for most technical people. I'm just getting into cyber security and I'm really enjoying your content, thank you.
Been programming for a long time, but never really looked much into viruses and malware. Cool analysis. The authors sure work hard to make their installation as painless as possible.
John: releases a video with malware analysis Me after watching a video: *Lemme check real quick whether notepad.exe is running in the background or not in Task Manager*
@@Reelix I didn't even mention an OS? I am aware that Linux isn't perfect as so with every software product (opensource or not). The worst thing you can do to your security is to be over confident in your defense.
As a prospective sw engineer, at ~54:00 that obfuscated spaghetti mess made me never want to be a malware analyst 🤣😂🤣 glad to have people with your mettle in this world
It's actually not a bad way to learn, at least starting out - if you're interested. I have a background in software engineering, but I only understand maybe 75% of what's going on.
I honestly never appreciated Search and Replace until today. Everything is so clear now! 19:35 One learns more every day 33:44 What the hell this is hilarious 44:00 I hope you saved 56:13 I judt read a Online Keylogger Started so I guess yes 1:01:52 Oh so test hacks? Was this retrofitted to be malicious or you just were smart? 1:03:08 Imagine if Jim's Scammers used this crap. My god 1:10:00 Fresh off the oven and unobfudcated
Totally enjoyed the video. It was an absolute rollercoaster ride. I love the way you present and explain the details in all your videos. And also none of your videos ever seem to be monotonous even when we are dealing with such mind boggling stuff because of the way you laugh and get excited when you crack/deobfuscate a piece of code. 😁 Thank you so much for taking the effort and sharing the awesome work😊
Amazing stuff. Learned a lot from this video. I have a question: how did you come across this script? Did someone give it to you? Anything like that? Loving these malware analysis videos, John. Keep 'em coming!
This is crazy. I've learned more about malwares in a few vids I saw from you, than the time I spent trying to get into the field years ago. I'm a fulltime dev now and have been working for over 7 years. Reminds me of my recent grad days where all I wanted was to understand this. Much easier to follow now, and damn, learning so much so quick now. Props to you.
Dude... That was solid. Loved it. Kinda dragged in the middle but I was invested enough I just jumped ahead maybe ten minutes before I was stuck back in. Nice nice so nice I had to say it twice, then one more time too.
I just want to know how it’s humanly possible to obtain the level of programming and CS knowledge needed to be capable of doing what he does in this video
Actually, not too much. Deobfuscating such stuff is not very complicated, but he is still doing a good job. But tbh .. most parts could be much faster by debugging functions step by step instead of trying to deobfuscating every var and func.
Thanks Peter, I wanted to comment also on this. COVID-19 after the temporary name “2019-nCoV”. In mid-February it was also known in many countries (including Germany ... Trend Micro), the WHO had warned (January 30, 2020). Unfortunately, it wasn't taken very seriously. We all know what happened next ... see also: www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov
You make easy to understand videos as you break things down. i really enjoy them. I have a vague understanding of coding and the way you work is easy to follow.
I never write a comment under a video but I saw every single second and I really really loved it. Thanks for your video and keep doing it sharing your passion with us!
You can also Ctrl+Scroll Wheel to zoom into notepad Edit: I watched the whole thing and I really had fun, really interesting and high quality Your circlular camera mask and your energy break reminded me of networkchuck and his coffee break xD You got a new subscriber :)
"This is just 75 lines of code"
*Half hour later*
"201 thousand characters selected"
that's how they get you man, that's how they get you.
@@AlucardNoir AND YOU BUT GUESS WHO NOT?! ME AND JOHN
Majorly loaded by a fake jpg ;)
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Ngl, never thought it would be so much fun watching someone analyse and breakdown a virus.
I was thinking the same thing! I might have just discovered my new rabbit hole lol
Woow
Love this malware analysis series!
Me too! Amazing series
I love it too!
me too, this guy is really good.
Sir. Can I use remcos rat to hack Android...
Damn that was fun to watch!! Thanks and keep them coming!!!!!!
So far this is the most fun I've had watching hacking videos. Your analysis is fantastic and I enjoy seeing your process. Keep it up!
I love how they went through six stages of obsfuscation, and a lot of effort into hiding what they were doing.... but their payload was literally called "Attack.jpg" like surely they could have named it something at least slightly less blatant.
Perhaps they didn't care to hide it at that point? I know that obfuscation helps to counter analysts, but when the code is downloading data from a URL, then I suppose it wouldn't've been worth their effort to obscure the name of the download. Then again, they could've made a second download with totally unnecessary data. Either way - this thing is bad (for you)! xD
This style of video really helps me with my start in forensics and malware analysis. I love liveoverflow and other CTF summary channels but they often feel like magic in the way they present their findings. Keep up the great work :3
Times must be hard, Ed Sheeran is writing python.
Lmaooo💀💀
he looks like an unscuffed burgerplanet
This is ed sheerhan and Seth rogans kid.
You are the hacker version of pewdiepie. Very entertaining to watch.
Nah he looks like a de deobfuscated Ed Sheeran
Whatever that quality is that great teachers have, you have it. Never change the format of your videos. I love seeing you troubleshoot and reason through everything live.
After watching this, gained a keen interest in Malware Analysis. Thanks for the awesome content.
Content like this is why I don't have to pay for cable, satellite, or netflix!
But then he would have been on 8-12 screens and typed those 200k characters (hacking is typing fast), it's all hard to follow. It would be like watching the Matrix.
Yeah
Okay, but consider this: TOS and TNG are on Netflix.
The REMCOS developer "discourages malicious use". For sure, everyone will use solely for legitimate purposes.
'sure if you say so' meanwhile no one uses it legitimately
Malicious actors: amma head out
Ethical hackers don't sell hacking toolkits, ethics and all that... 🤷♂️
@@garethevans9789 Pentesting tools are released open source because not only is open source more effective, but it makes sure that the developers are not potentially profiting off of malicious actors, intentionally or not.
Meh, skids are gonna find a way anyway. With our without this program.
Pretty sure you need to run the obfuscated version of the AMSI bypass.
Great video, would love to see more of these!
the evolving of rat is so amazing, i remember in late 90's where sub7, netbus and back orifice was so popular and inspired me into hacking. IRC was the channel to go to before and dial up is your connection.
Scheduling this to start at the same time as the new mars rover is landing... Bold move cotton, let's see how it works out
Bah, totally didn't even realize xD Ah well!
@@_JohnHammond I’d prefer watching this over some rover landing
@@tripplefives1402 isn’t the rover automatically controlled because the delay would be 10 minutes long?
I love when John is laughing over the Attack.jpg url
best part
Nobody:
Virus Code: * Does malicious stuff*
John: Is it trying to do something bad? HAHAHA
Us: Duhhh John. wtf
I'm just finding this channel and its quickly becoming my favorite content. Im fascinated with all of this. Really inspires me to get started with basic coding to get my feet wet.
I love John’s response when the light bulb goes off and all the hard work comes together. Great video as always.
This is one of the best educational videos i've seen
Where have you been all my CS degree? This is awesome watching this stuff in action as you do it. I love the content! Definitely going to keep watching!
You need I high level of nerdiness to find this entertaining. Proof: I find highly entertaining!
Love this.
John, as you are very good, you should stand this comment: In Powershell a "split (..)" is a regular expression splitten in string in portione of two characters, ie "4142" becomes "41", "42", in Hex AB
Loving this series. Would like to see some disassembling malware analysis.
I've taken apart stuff like this (when I worked in large enterprise) but the samples were rarely more than 3-4 levels deep. This actually looks a lot more like a challenge you'd get at a CTF competition _(perhaps they're getting ideas from each other)_ ?
Great video, I love this series. Also special thanks for zooming in this much, watching code-related stuff on phone is usually a pain, but not in your case. Keep up the good work!
that url has to be the greatest thing ive ever seen
Hands down one of the best malware analysis walkthroughs I’ve seen. Watched it twice.
Dude you are simply awesome...it's so enriching for all of your viewers to see your hard work and all your skills, and the best of all is that we can see you enjoying so we enjoy and learn too. Regards from Spain!
i missed the premiere, but this is definitely a blast to watch. Would love to see this more
Amazing work, you deserve the money from the TH-cam overlords. Literally only commented to help boost those algos.
I was watching some scam baiting videos and also doing some deep dives into RATs and just... CyberSec/CompSci things in general and found this video. I'm glad I bumped into your channel. Really good stuff you have going on here
Did i just watch AN HOUR of malware analysis? Dude, you're awesome!
"is this the newest version? because that would be pretty slick"
*immediately scrolls past the version number 3.1.0 showing it is the latest version*
That was epic dude!
Felt like a real rollercoaster. I can't believe you got to them within 24 hours of release.
So nuts.
The guy that wrote the script watching this video rn must be like 👁️👄👁️
Damn, I just watched over an hour of stuff I have no clue of and I still feel educated and entertained.
It even kinda makes sense, when you talk about it and explain some stuff.
Thank you very much! :)
this is gonna be good
Indeed Indeed :D
I love these malware analysis videos. You break stuff down to a fairly easy to understand level for most technical people.
I'm just getting into cyber security and I'm really enjoying your content, thank you.
In the next episode... John rewrites the kernel for more efficient find and replace..... STONKS!
Wow, that was a crazy ride! Thanks for taking us on the journey.
Well worth the watch. This is a great video. Please do more. :)
how do you copy and paste into VirtualBox in Windows 10
you got my sub for this. its 3am in the morning and I've watched the entire thing having so much fun. keep on with the good stuff
"Can I get anything out of Melons?"
You can get juice, John. Juice.
What a great catch! This is by far the most interesting video I've watched on TH-cam for a very long time. I love this of unedited video.
"guys, you might think i'm dumb" LOL exact opposite.
Please more Malware Analysis videos. So much fun to watch.
Plottwist: this is all just an advertisement for BreakingSecurity
This was so fun to watch. The sketchy url was very funny, fitting pun on with the ‘holy cow’
Algorithm, give this man the recs.
It worked. That's why I'm here.
Dope analysis! The streets need this type of content. Keep it coming.
every single line "I don't exactly know what is going on here" so basically this guy is just us trying to understand code. got it.
Really interesting video, thanks !! I'm impressed at the obfuscation job done on this malware it's impressive
I binge your videos every day all day at work. Gets me through the day and I learn some new/cool stuff.
Where do you get such fresh samples? That hash isn't even on VT yet.
Plot twist: John actually wrote it
Man i'm brazillian, and i love all of this videos, but this... mannn to amazing !! Continue delivery this content to us, i apreciate this
That's a rabbit hole if I've ever seen one haha great stuff man!
If only it (the rabbit holes) were rare. 😥
Follow the white rabbit!
From beginner hand-holding on picoCTF to obfuscating obfuscated obfuscation LOL. This channel has it all, thanks for the great content!
THOSE DOWNVOTES....GTFO...this dude is a legend
I love your videos which are not preplanned... It gives us an option for us to know how you actually resolves when you are stuck....
That was a great video. I don't know a whole lot about what you do, but it was super fun watching you do it. Thanks so much!
Attack.jpg, that was hilarious
Just for the TH-cam algorithm to know, I love malware analysis series! keep them coming!!!!!!
Remcos: "We specialize in ethical hacking"
Also Remcos: *is used in malicious code*
Been programming for a long time, but never really looked much into viruses and malware. Cool analysis. The authors sure work hard to make their installation as painless as possible.
John: releases a video with malware analysis
Me after watching a video: *Lemme check real quick whether notepad.exe is running in the background or not in Task Manager*
Imagine using windows 🤔
@@benricok Imagine thinking that exploit-db had 0 results for Linux 🤔
@@Reelix I didn't even mention an OS? I am aware that Linux isn't perfect as so with every software product (opensource or not). The worst thing you can do to your security is to be over confident in your defense.
@@benricok Imagine being a pompous asshole. Some people want to, you know, play normal games on their computer.
@@theluckyscav3487 I mean linux gaming has come a long way, but it still needs some time to flourish
You know so much about so many things... I've learned so many things in the few videos I've watched so far. Super, super inspiring.
"I don't like these advertisements..." "You didn't see this here folks!" "Not in a John Hammond video!"
As a prospective sw engineer, at ~54:00 that obfuscated spaghetti mess made me never want to be a malware analyst 🤣😂🤣 glad to have people with your mettle in this world
I have no idea what I'm watching but I'm enjoying it :)
It's actually not a bad way to learn, at least starting out - if you're interested. I have a background in software engineering, but I only understand maybe 75% of what's going on.
Man I love these videos. As a junior network tech I love watching this, so interesting and entertaining!
I honestly never appreciated Search and Replace until today. Everything is so clear now!
19:35 One learns more every day
33:44 What the hell this is hilarious
44:00 I hope you saved
56:13 I judt read a Online Keylogger Started so I guess yes
1:01:52 Oh so test hacks? Was this retrofitted to be malicious or you just were smart?
1:03:08 Imagine if Jim's Scammers used this crap. My god
1:10:00 Fresh off the oven and unobfudcated
Totally enjoyed the video. It was an absolute rollercoaster ride. I love the way you present and explain the details in all your videos. And also none of your videos ever seem to be monotonous even when we are dealing with such mind boggling stuff because of the way you laugh and get excited when you crack/deobfuscate a piece of code. 😁 Thank you so much for taking the effort and sharing the awesome work😊
Please mahn ... we need more malware analysis like this!! ... and also ... C source code analysis (something like that)
Nice. I really impressed at final "detective" processing :) Keep it that way
Amazing stuff. Learned a lot from this video.
I have a question: how did you come across this script? Did someone give it to you? Anything like that?
Loving these malware analysis videos, John. Keep 'em coming!
This is crazy. I've learned more about malwares in a few vids I saw from you, than the time I spent trying to get into the field years ago. I'm a fulltime dev now and have been working for over 7 years. Reminds me of my recent grad days where all I wanted was to understand this. Much easier to follow now, and damn, learning so much so quick now. Props to you.
The Title is like
Asking if water is wet LOL
Keep on doing those Malware Analysis. It's really fun to watch and it's quite educative too!
59:31 No. That's the noun "licence" as opposed to the verb "license". It's a British thing.
That was more than a safari ride! It's awsm
John - This is great content. I really am learning a lot watching you work these out. Keep it up! The masses demand more of this!
BTW... next thing. Do remcos guide, analysis and stuff
Dude... That was solid. Loved it. Kinda dragged in the middle but I was invested enough I just jumped ahead maybe ten minutes before I was stuck back in. Nice nice so nice I had to say it twice, then one more time too.
I just want to know how it’s humanly possible to obtain the level of programming and CS knowledge needed to be capable of doing what he does in this video
It’s depressing but motivating also!
Yeah imagine who made this
Actually, not too much. Deobfuscating such stuff is not very complicated, but he is still doing a good job. But tbh .. most parts could be much faster by debugging functions step by step instead of trying to deobfuscating every var and func.
Next video Stuxnet analysis :D
Brilliant. You make malware reversing so fun to watch.
Waiting for it :)
This series of decoding Malware is the best knowledge base for getting a feel for noobs like me. Please keep it coming. Thank you.
1:07:15 coronavirus was around at that time, it started spreading as soon as 17 dec. in china, possibly even sooner
Thanks Peter, I wanted to comment also on this. COVID-19 after the temporary name “2019-nCoV”.
In mid-February it was also known in many countries (including Germany ... Trend Micro), the WHO had warned (January 30, 2020).
Unfortunately, it wasn't taken very seriously. We all know what happened next ...
see also: www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov
I love that you used strings and am glad I'm not the only one who does. :-) It's a highly under-rated tool, IMHO.
was great :)
You make easy to understand videos as you break things down. i really enjoy them.
I have a vague understanding of coding and the way you work is easy to follow.
Legend
I never write a comment under a video but I saw every single second and I really really loved it. Thanks for your video and keep doing it sharing your passion with us!
Now I got my GF
*_There he is_*
That was freaking wild, man. You're sharp at this stuff
You can also Ctrl+Scroll Wheel to zoom into notepad
Edit: I watched the whole thing and I really had fun, really interesting and high quality
Your circlular camera mask and your energy break reminded me of networkchuck and his coffee break xD
You got a new subscriber :)
comment for youtube algo :)
I knew exactly what it was a few minutes of you scrolling few the strings!!! I feel proud! And thank you for making this video, I learned a lot.