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Table 3.

Dynamic executable regions

Category Technique
Allocated memory NtAllocateVirtualMemory
NtMapViewOfSection
NtProtectVirtualMemory

Child process CreateProcess

Injection NtOpenProcess
NtWriteVirtualMemory

Obfuscating API names GetProcAddress
GetModuleHandle
LoadLibrary
MapViewOfFile

Self-modifying write memory1

Note: (1)Write memory represents modifying the instructions of the executable under analysis.

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