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customized UPX packers

0001-01-01

Often, threat actors or malware authors will modify UPX in a manner that changes the easy to identify magic header of UPX-packed files. This change effectively breaks a lot of static detection mechanisms and unpacking tools that rely on the UPX header being structured in its true form.


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