ANALYSING A VIRUS I FOUND! ☢️ (don't try this at home)
Today we'll try to dissect a computer virus I found in the wild! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
We'll go over the basic techniques computer viruses use to hide themselves, from basic base64 encoding to aes encryption!
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Some helpful content!
What is AES: • AES Explained (Advanced Encryption Standar...
What is Hashing: • Hashing Algorithms and Security - Computer...
Cool website I found to hack stuff legally: https://www.hackthebox.com/
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:31 How I found the virus
1:59 Stage 1: base 64
4:34 Stage 2: encryption
8:12 Hash functions 101
9:49 Brute forcing the encryption
18:48 Stage 3: spooky website
22:21 Stage 4: spooky executable
26:48 Outro
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Music used in the video made by Kevin Macleod & Elektronomia
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