Name: Staying Under the Radar- Evasion in Modern Malware - SecTalks SYD0x60 (96th)
Start: 2025-10-14T18:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-14T20:00:00+11:00
Location: Atlassian Offices

This presentation explores **Staying Under the Radar- Evasion in Modern Malware.**
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**\# Presentation**

**Title:** Staying Under the Radar- Evasion in Modern Malware

In many scenarios, malware is designed to persist on a system for extended periods of time. To achieve this, it must effectively evade detection by defensive solutions. While defenders continuously study malware samples discovered in the wild, adversaries are equally focused on developing ways to bypass those defences, leading to an ongoing arms race between attackers and security researchers.

In this session, we’ll begin by exploring the fundamentals of malware detection, from traditional signature-based methods to detecting suspicious behaviour. Building on this foundation, we’ll dive into how modern malware leverages weaknesses in detection logic to disguise its presence and evade endpoint and network defences.
While modern malware comes equipped with various evasion techniques, this session will focus on two powerful ones, sleep obfuscation and call-stack spoofing. These techniques will be broken down to understand how they're effective against modern defences and what makes them challenging to detect.

**\# Speaker: Bharat Bharadwai**
Currently a student at Macquarie University. I have previously worked as a Red Teamer at a fintech, focusing on adversary emulation and malware analysis. I’ve had some experience with web, mobile, and thick client assessments. I enjoy learning about offensive security and exploring how malware works to understand detection and evasion techniques better.
[LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/bharatnbharadwaj/) [Twitter](https://x.com/HulkOperator)

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* [Atlassian](https://www.atlassian.com/) \- Venue Sponsor
* [Tanto Security](https://tantosec.com/)

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