mandiant / mandiant/capa-rules

reference anti-VM strings targeting VirtualBox

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`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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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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security
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Feature
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Estimated time
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