By Tom Spring March 27, 2017. Researchers on Monday reported progress in piecing together some of the missing pieces of the Shamoon 2 puzzle that have been eluding them when it comes to lateral network movement and execution of the Disttrack malware component used in past campaigns.
Shamoon 2 uses a combination of legitimate tools, such as the open source utility PAExec, and batch scripts to evade detection and spread itself throughout a network, researchers at Palo Alto said, adding there are new links between Shamoon 2 and the Magic Hound campaign.
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