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TF-MAL-py.guard

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: Guard

Category: Guard First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox Malwares

Description

ThreatFox malware family `py.guard`. Printable name: Guard.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

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domain py.guard VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/py.guard

IOC database

Type
domain
Value
py.guard
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-py.guard

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Threat Hunt — feed corroboration

Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.

Details From VirusTotal

VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/py.guard

References (1)

Remediations (10)

  • web:learn.microsoft.com

    Remediation actions can include removing a file, sending it to quarantine, or allowing it to remain. This article includes information and links to resources about specifying what actions should be taken when threats are detected on devices. You can choose from several methods, such as: Configure remediation for Microsoft Defender Antivirus ...

  • web:marcusbotacin.github.io

    ABSTRACT In recent years, malware developers have introduced new and ad-vanced protection techniques against conventional signature-based and heuristic-based malware analysis techniques to avoid detec-tion and removal by conventional antivirus. With the progress of deep learning, techniques such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) are useful to detect the global structure of the code and to ...

  • web:nvlpubs.nist.gov

    An organization's approach to malware incident prevention should incorporate policy considerations, awareness programs for users and information technology (IT) staff, vulnerability and threat mitigation efforts, and defensive architecture considerations.

  • web:windowsforum.com

    The emergence of RESURGE signals more than just another entry in a long line of malware threats. According to CISA, RESURGE contains advanced persistence features inherited from the SPAWNCHIMERA malware family—a group notorious for its ability to survive system reboots and avoid simplistic remediation .

  • web:www.anavem.com

    KB890830 delivers the March 2026 update for Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), adding detection and removal capabilities for 47 new malware families including advanced ransomware variants and AI-powered threats targeting Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems.

  • web:www.breachsense.com

    Complete malware remediation now requires addressing both the infected endpoint and the stolen authentication data. Your malware incident response playbook must account for both.

  • web:www.cisa.gov

    It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.

  • web:www.manageengine.com

    Discover advanced malware and threat mitigation features designed for enterprise IT. Detect, analyze, and neutralize malware threats with Malware Protection Plus.

  • web:www.nature.com

    This study proposes a hierarchical deep learning framework for Portable Executable (PE) malware detection and family categorization, underpinned by a novel Doubly Regularized Binary Cross-Entropy ...

  • web:www.ncsc.gov.uk

    This guidance helps private and public sector organisations deal with the effects of malware (which includes ransomware). It provides actions to help organisations prevent a malware infection, and also steps to take if you're already infected. Following this guidance will reduce: the likelihood of becoming infected the spread of malware throughout your organisation the impact of the infection

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