Beyond IOCs: AI-enabled threat intelligence

Cisco Talos highlights the increasing abuse of Windows Component Object Model (COM) by malware families such as Qakbot and WarmCookie for lateral movement, persistence, and evasion. COM's use of opaque GUIDs and indirect vtable calls complicates manual analysis and static detection, allowing attackers to blend malicious activities with legitimate system processes. Defenders are advised to enhance their ability to detect and interpret COM-related artifacts to uncover hidden stages of the infection chain.

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