Exploitation Methods Used by PlugX Malware Revealed

PlugX malware stands out as a challenging and evasive cybersecurity threat, using sophisticated techniques such as polymorphic coding, rootkit functionalities and encryption to evade detection. Cybersecurity researchers at Splunk have recently unmasked these techniques. The malware is known for its cyber espionage capability, targeted attacks and its ongoing feud with security experts. It also uses complex methods to decrypt and compress payloads, manipulate host settings, perform automated decryption, dynamic payload loading and discreetly storing data for exfiltration to the C2 server.