Attackers Inject Fileless Malware Directly into Windows Event Logs

From gbhackers.com

Fileless Malware Windows Event Logs

Cybersecurity analysts have discovered an unknown malware campaign combining two methods never before employed by the cybercriminals to infect victims’ machines with fileless malware.

Shellcode can be injected directly into Windows event log files using this technique. The Windows event logs can thus be used by adversaries to hide their malicious Trojans in the process of downloading them.

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