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.NET Malware: Analyzing Redline Stealer

After several months of solid experience in the Globomantics security operations center, your manager is entrusting you with increasingly complex investigations. Your current assignment involves a suspected information stealer, with EDR pointing to RedLine Stealer. This journey will be a crash course in commodity malware, guiding you through the process of unraveling .NET droppers. You'll gain hands-on experience with dnSpy to uncover the final malware stage, positively identify the malware family, and detail its capabilities to properly scope the impact on your organization.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Feb 21, 2026
Duration
2h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Unraveling Common .NET Obfuscation

    In the first objective, you’ll sharpen your reversing skills by analyzing obfuscated .NET code. These common patterns rely on dynamic assembly loading, code flattening, and symbol mangling to make analysis more difficult. Using dnSpy, you’ll leverage static and dynamic techniques to slice through these layers and uncover the primary payload—RedLine Stealer.

  2. Challenge

    Identifying Redline Stealer Capabilities

    Getting through layers of obfuscation is just the first step. Once the final payload is discovered, its capabilities need to be assessed. Using the final payload, you will map out how it utilizes its configuration data to receive commands and examine the modular nature of its theft capabilities.

  3. Challenge

    The Last Objective

    Welcome to the final objective! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking End Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

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