Ransomware And How It Evades Our Defenses
This talk will cover a Windows evasion technique called “RIPlace” that, when used to maliciously alter files, bypasses most existing anti-ransomware technologies. In fact, even Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products are blind to this technique, which means these operations will not be visible for future incident response and investigation purposes.
The technique leverages an issue with error handling of an edge-case scenario by filter drivers of security products. While not a vulnerability per say, the technique is extremely easy for malicious actors to take advantage of with barely two lines of code. RIPlace abuses the way file rename operations are (mis)handled using a legacy Windows function.
The talk will include a live demo of RIPlace bypassing a number of anti-ransomware technologies as well as the release of a RIPlace testing tool for the community to leverage in your own organizations.