This New Malware Family Using CLFS Log Files to Avoid Detection

In The Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com by Blog Writer

Post Sharing
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about a new malware family that relies on the Common Log File System (CLFS) to hide a second-stage payload in registry transaction files in an attempt to evade detection mechanisms.
FireEye’s Mandiant Advanced Practices team, which made the discovery, dubbed the malware PRIVATELOG, and its installer, STASHLOG. Specifics about the identities of the