Threat Command

Primary threat research from Elastic Security Labs Threat Command.

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Signaling from within: how eBPF interacts with signals

Signaling from within: how eBPF interacts with signals

This article explores some of the semantics of UNIX signals when generated from an eBPF program.

Christiano Haesbaert
Elastic catches DPRK passing out KANDYKORN

Elastic catches DPRK passing out KANDYKORN

Elastic Security Labs exposes an attempt by the DPRK to infect blockchain engineers with novel macOS malware.

Colson Wilhoit
GHOSTPULSE haunts victims using defense evasion bag o' tricks

GHOSTPULSE haunts victims using defense evasion bag o' tricks

Elastic Security Labs reveals details of a new campaign leveraging defense evasion capabilities to infect victims with malicious MSIX executables.

Salim Bitam
Disclosing the BLOODALCHEMY backdoor

Disclosing the BLOODALCHEMY backdoor

BLOODALCHEMY is a new, actively developed, backdoor that leverages a benign binary as an injection vehicle, and is a part of the REF5961 intrusion set.

Cyril François
Dancing the night away with named pipes - PIPEDANCE client release

Dancing the night away with named pipes - PIPEDANCE client release

In this publication, we will walk through this client application’s functionality and how to get started with the tool.

Daniel Stepanic
Introducing the REF5961 intrusion set

Introducing the REF5961 intrusion set

The REF5961 intrusion set discloses three new malware families targeting ASEAN members. The threat actor leveraging this intrusion set continues to develop and mature their capabilities.

Daniel Stepanic
Accelerating Elastic detection tradecraft with LLMs

Accelerating Elastic detection tradecraft with LLMs

Learn more about how Elastic Security Labs has been focused on accelerating our detection engineering workflows by tapping into more generative AI capabilities.

Mika Ayenson
Inside Microsoft's plan to kill PPLFault

Inside Microsoft's plan to kill PPLFault

In this research publication, we'll learn about upcoming improvements to the Windows Code Integrity subsystem that will make it harder for malware to tamper with Anti-Malware processes and other important security features.

Gabriel Landau
Peeling back the curtain with call stacks

Peeling back the curtain with call stacks

In this article, we'll show you how we contextualize rules and events, and how you can leverage call stacks to better understand any alerts you encounter in your environment.

Samir Bousseaden
Revisiting BLISTER: New development of the BLISTER loader

Revisiting BLISTER: New development of the BLISTER loader

Elastic Security Labs dives deep into the recent evolution of the BLISTER loader malware family.

Salim Bitam
An Elastic approach to large-scale dynamic malware analysis

An Elastic approach to large-scale dynamic malware analysis

This research reveals insights into some of the large-scale malware analysis performed by Elastic Security Labs, and complements research related to the Detonate framework.

Ruben Groenewoud
The DPRK strikes using a new variant of RUSTBUCKET

The DPRK strikes using a new variant of RUSTBUCKET

Watch out! We’ve recently discovered a variant of RUSTBUCKET. Read this article to understand the new capabilities we’ve observed, as well as how to identify it in your own network.

Salim Bitam