<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Researches on Ahmad Massd — Security Blog</title><link>https://p0peye-blog.pages.dev/categories/researches/</link><description>Recent content in Researches on Ahmad Massd — Security Blog</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><managingEditor>ahmad.massad.ir@gmail.com (Ahmad Massad)</managingEditor><webMaster>ahmad.massad.ir@gmail.com (Ahmad Massad)</webMaster><copyright>© 2026 Ahmad Massad</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://p0peye-blog.pages.dev/categories/researches/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Anatomy of Phantom Stealer</title><link>https://p0peye-blog.pages.dev/posts/phantom-stealer-analysis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>ahmad.massad.ir@gmail.com (Ahmad Massad)</author><guid>https://p0peye-blog.pages.dev/posts/phantom-stealer-analysis/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img
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&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;Overview
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&lt;p&gt;Analysis of a malicious VBScript file (&lt;code&gt;LPO_337860.vbs.bin&lt;/code&gt;) acting as a loader for &lt;strong&gt;Phantom Infostealer&lt;/strong&gt;. The script employs heavy obfuscation, environmental checks, and persistence mechanisms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sample Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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					&lt;td&gt;Filename&lt;/td&gt;
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					&lt;td&gt;MD5&lt;/td&gt;
					&lt;td&gt;&lt;code&gt;074a04eafe704a893655025b80beffb6&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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					&lt;td&gt;Threat&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;Stage 0 — VBScript Loader (&lt;code&gt;LPO_337860.vbs.bin&lt;/code&gt;)
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&lt;p&gt;The initial VBScript acts as a &lt;strong&gt;deobfuscation and file-dropping engine&lt;/strong&gt; in two steps:&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>