CRITICAL

Zeus / RedLine Stealer

Zeus (and modern stealers like RedLine) inject their malicious shellcode directly into legitimate Windows processes (like explorer.exe) to evade firewall detection and hide from Task Manager.

Process Injection (Zeus Payload)

invoice.exe

PID: 4920 (Malware)

[SHELLCODE PAYLOAD]
0x4D 0x5A 0x90 0x00
0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00
...

explorer.exe

PID: 1404 (Windows GUI)

By injecting into a legitimate process like explorer.exe, the malware bypasses personal firewalls and hides from the Task Manager. The malicious invoice.exe can now terminate itself.

Phase 1 of 3

Process Injection