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I Found Malware in a BeamNG Mod


An analysis using Process Monitor and WinDbg, dealing with JavaScript, WASM, and Windows shellcode.

This DLL is the real malware and a quick analysis reveals it’s an infostealer that steals passwords from browsers and the Exodus crypto wallet app. VirusTotal reports that most antivirus programs detect the DLL as malicious, including Microsoft Windows Defender, but there is about a one-week gap between the April 1st update and the first analysis. Starting with an antivirus alert, we used Process Monitor and WinDbg to gather important details, and then uncovered each layer of the malicious code with reverse engineering.

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