AveMaria's Distribution Strategy

This report analyzes multiple AveMaria infostealer campaigns (July–December 2022), presenting case studies that document phishing delivery vectors (malicious VHD/VHDX, ISO, ZIP attachments and shortcut/HTA files), multi-stage loaders and decryption routines, process injection and persistence techniques, and targeted activity against Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Serbian victims; it includes behavioral analysis, decryption logic, and artifacts useful for detection and response.