Writing my own virtualized loader is something I’ve been wanting to do since I first read Microsoft’s deep dive on FinFisher’s multi-layered VM obfuscation back in 2018. FinFisher didn’t just use one ...

A widely active phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation known as FlowerStorm has begun using a browser-based virtual machine to conceal credential theft code, marking what researchers say is an ...

VMPacker is a Virtual Machine Protection (VMP) system for ARM64 (AArch64) Linux ELF binaries. It decodes target function's native ARM64 instructions into an intermediate representation, translates ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Lua-based malware created years before the notorious Stuxnet worm that aimed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program by destroying uranium enrichment ...

Wondering exactly what the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is and how it powers the world's largest blockchain ecosystem? At its core, the Ethereum Virtual Machine is the decentralized brain behind ...

Abstract: The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) executes smart contracts using low-level, stack-based bytecode instructions. As these contracts grow in complexity and financial value, they increasingly ...

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The Java virtual machine manages application memory and provides a portable execution environment for Java-based applications. Developers reap the rewards in performance, stability, and predictable ...

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a development environment for building Java applications and applets that can then run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JDK includes a variety of development ...

Systemic vulnerabilities in embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) cards have exposed billions of devices to spying, SIM swaps, and other threats. For some time now, traditional SIM cards have ...

A recent Hacker News post looked at the reverse engineering of TikTok’s JavaScript virtual machine (VM). Many commenters assumed the VM was malicious, designed for invasive tracking or surveillance.