Tag Archives: obfuscation

Text Decoder Toolkit

Here’s a challenge for you, what does this decode to? T{4 G=C 9

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Playing Hide and Seek with Malicious Scripts

When I encounter a drive-by download that involves a compromised host, there will usually be a malicious script somewhere on the website. The “malicious script” could be a meta refresh tag, an iframe, an external Javascript file, or even in … Continue reading

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Javascript Deobfucation Tools (Part 2)

In the previous article, I manually deobfuscated three malicious scripts. This time around, I’ll use publicly available tools to see which ones can tackle real-world obfuscated Javascript code. Here’s the criteria I used to select the tools: 1. Free 2. … Continue reading

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Javascript Deobfuscation Tools (Part 1)

Deobfuscating Javascript can be tricky so why not make the job easier by using a tool? There’s several tools that can help you deobfuscate Javascript. Before I get to those tools, I wanted to show you how to deobfuscate them … Continue reading

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Black Hole Malvertisement Campaign

There’s yet another malvertisement that leads to Black Hole. This campaign is affecting a fairly popular site. The malicious script is linked from many of the site’s pages. Here’s a shot of the webpage’s source code which shows the initial … Continue reading

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