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[Not Anti-Virus (Not AV)™]

An attmept to block malware before AV scans it.

Description

Not all things are seen as equal until you stare at it long enough!

With malware causing havoc across the globe, this browser extension is a PoC for blocking malware downloads using just the response headers. The research for Emotet can be found in this thread: https://twitter.com/ecstatic_nobel/status/1176267975537713152?s=19.

Demonstration blocking Mozi:

• Connect to URLhaus
• Open three (3) database entries for recent and active Mozi URLs that end with "Mozi.m"
• Hightlight and open the URL in a new tab
• Not AV detects it, file download is blocked, and the browser is redirected to 127.0.0.1

Demonstration blocking GuLoader:

• Connect to URLhaus
• Open three (3) database entries for recent and active GuLoader URLs that contain the word "encrypted"
• Hightlight and open the URL in a new tab
• Not AV detects it, file download is blocked, and the browser is redirected to 127.0.0.1

Demonstration blocking Emotet:

• Connect to URLhaus
• Open three (3) database entries for recent and active Emotet URLs
• Hightlight and open the URL in a new tab
• Not AV detects it, file download is blocked, and the browser is redirected to 127.0.0.1

NOTE: Out of the box, this will block the majority of:

• GuLoader malware that contains the word "encrypted"
• Emotet (or other file download) that has a cookie name built with the PHP uniqid function (or something similar) in the Set-Cookie header

This PoC can be strengthened by adding other indicators found in the response (or request) headers to avoid false-positives.

Support: notav [at] protonmail