How does Blackbird make Windows lie to malware's faces? Most anti-analysis checks trust the kernel because they have no choice. Blackbird weaponizes this by modifying syscall, timing & registry return data, erasing VM-identifiers and much, much more.
Read articleThere's a reason security products avoid kernel hooking. They are fragile, build-sensitive, and BSOD prone. Advanced malware analysis demands the visibility they provide. This post delves into the hook engine behind Blackbird and the struggle developing it.
Read articleModern defensive tooling doesn’t need to see payloads to stop you, it only needs to see the call path. This post breaks down how Windows system calls are intercepted, how syscall stubs became signatures, and why ActiveBreach takes a fundamentally different approach.
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