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    KONNI APT Powershell XOR Payload Decryption

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Tim Peck@timpeck
    •updated Jan 22, 2026•2•0•44

    Detects the execution of a PowerShell command that reads a file's byte stream and performs a XOR operation on it. This technique is used by the KONNI APT group to decrypt and execute an embedded payload in memory, as seen in their 2026 campaign involving AI-generated backdoors.

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    S0356 - KONNIT1059.001 - PowerShellT1140 - Deobfuscate/Decode Files or InformationT1027.013 - Encrypted/Encoded FileTA0002 - ExecutionTA0005 - Defense EvasionScript ExecutionPowershell Script ExecutionCommand ExecutionWindowsWindows Powershell Classic LogsWindows SysmonWindows Eventlog Security

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