{"id":6704,"date":"2026-01-16T19:12:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/gootloader-malware-uses-500-1000-concatenated-zip-archives-to-evade-detection\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:12:46","slug":"gootloader-malware-uses-500-1000-concatenated-zip-archives-to-evade-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/gootloader-malware-uses-500-1000-concatenated-zip-archives-to-evade-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"GootLoader Malware Uses 500\u20131,000 Concatenated ZIP Archives to Evade Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that&#8217;s designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives.<br \/>\n&#8220;The actor creates a malformed archive as an anti-analysis technique,&#8221; Expel security researcher Aaron Walton said in a report shared with The Hacker News. &#8220;That is, many unarchiving tools\u00a0The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that&#8217;s designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives.<br \/>\n&#8220;The actor creates a malformed archive as an anti-analysis technique,&#8221; Expel security researcher Aaron Walton said in a report shared with The Hacker News. &#8220;That is, many unarchiving tools\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that&#8217;s designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives. &#8220;The actor creates a malformed archive as an anti-analysis technique,&#8221; Expel security researcher Aaron Walton said in a report shared with The Hacker News. &#8220;That&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/gootloader-malware-uses-500-1000-concatenated-zip-archives-to-evade-detection\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GootLoader Malware Uses 500\u20131,000 Concatenated ZIP Archives to Evade Detection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}