JavaScript obfuscation: From party trick to phishing kit

Cisco Talos is out with a deep dive into JavaScript obfuscation, the tricks attackers use to hide phishing and malware code. The post breaks down common techniques like string encoding, lookup tables, and dead code, and warns analysts to treat every sample as hostile before running it. It also notes that AI tools can help decode snippets, but they're not a sandbox, so sensitive material should be kept out of them.

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