This blog post provides an in-depth analysis of #Turla's #Kazuar v3 loader and how it tries to slip past modern defenses:
• Sideloading via MFC satellite DLLs
• Control flow redirection trick (+ POC)
• Patchless ETW and AMSI bypasses (+ POC)
• Extensive COM usage for registry, file and folder operations (+ partial POC)
• Strings encryption (+ IDAPython decryption script)
• Including IOCs and Yara rules
https://r136a1.dev/2026/01/14/command-and-evade-turlas-kazuar-v3-loader/
• Sideloading via MFC satellite DLLs
• Control flow redirection trick (+ POC)
• Patchless ETW and AMSI bypasses (+ POC)
• Extensive COM usage for registry, file and folder operations (+ partial POC)
• Strings encryption (+ IDAPython decryption script)
• Including IOCs and Yara rules
https://r136a1.dev/2026/01/14/command-and-evade-turlas-kazuar-v3-loader/
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🇷🇺 COMmand & Evade: Turla's Kazuar v3 Loader
This blog post analyzes the latest version of Turla’s Kazuar v3 loader, which was previously examined at the beginning of 2024. The upgraded loader heavily utilizes the Component Object Model (COM)...