Procedure examples

Pikabot, following payload decryption, creates a process hard-coded into the dropped (e.g., WerFault.exe) and injects the decrypted core modules into it.

Zeus Panda checks processes on the system and if they meet the necessary requirements, it injects into that process.

Havoc has itself injected into `C:\\Windows\\System32\\Werfault.exe` on targeted systems.

GreyEnergy has a module to inject a PE binary into a remote process.

DUSTPAN can inject its decrypted payload into another process.

Gootloader can use its own PE loader to execute payloads in memory.

InvisiMole can inject its backdoor as a portable executable into a target process.

RustyWater has injected its shellcode into explorer.exe by allocating memory via `VirtualAllocEx`, then by writing the payload via `WriteProcessMemory`.

Carbanak downloads an executable and injects it directly into a new process.

SPAWNCHIMERA has executed only in memory and hooked itself into existing processes on the victim device to include the web process.

Lizar can execute PE files in the address space of the specified process.

Brute Ratel C4 has injected Latrodectus into the Explorer.exe process on comrpomised hosts.