Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2023 i Hackercool Magazine

In our previous Issue, readers read about a Batch Obfuscation engine named BATCLOAK engine that was recently used in making ROKRAT bypass Antivirus engines. You have also read how many AV’s failed to detect the BATLOAK payloads as malicious. In this issue, readers will practically learn about the methods used by BATLOAK to make malware Fully UnDetectable (FU-D). Note that these methods are not just used by BATLOAK but many other Batch Obfuscators in the market. So let’s start. First, let us create a simple Batch script as shown below. As you have known by now reading our magazine Issues, this script starts a Powershell window after execution. However, this is not the only way to start Powershell console in Batch. In Batch scripting, the “set” command is used to…

“At the age of 1, he walked to the child door and found a way to open it. This was a sign to his mother what was coming”- from the book Ghost in the Wires The first time I heard about Kevin Mitnick was while I was taking a course on hacking, I was not that much eager to learn about him at that time as I quickly wanted to go to the topic of System Hacking. But after I started my Magazine, I began to learn that introductions are as necessary as practicals. As I am writing the obituary for Kevin Mitnick, I think about the undeletable impression Kevin left on cybersecurity and hacking. There is a reason he is part of the introduction of any hacking course. You…

Rachael Medhurst Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security NCSA, University of South Wales There is much talk in the automotive industry about the “internet of vehicles” (IoV). This describes a network of cars and other vehicles that could exchange data over the internet in an effort to make transportation more autonomous, safe and efficient. The IoV could help vehicles identify roadblocks, traffic jams and pedestrians. It could help with a car’s positioning on the road, potentially enable them to be driverless, and provide easier diagnoses of faults. It’s already happening to some extent with smart motorways, where technology is used with the intention of managing motorway traffic in the most effective manner. "It involves two people working together, one standing at the vehicle and the other close to…