mandiant / mandiant/capa-rules
reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox
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Description

`VBOX` is too broad here
also, we should create a rule `references Base64 encoded PE file` with `string: /TV..../`; see e.g. https://jon-lein.github.io/Base_64_PE/
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Research direction
No repository file or test is named. Start by reviewing the existing VirtualBox-related rules and the linked Base_64_PE reference; done means narrowing the broad VBOX match and adding the requested rule for Base64-encoded PE files.
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- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
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- Stale
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