---
title: "HTB Sherlock: Subatomic"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/htb-sherlock-subatomic-1ly73ra7e
source_url: https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2024/04/18/htb-sherlock-subatomic.html
type: article
source: "0xdf hacks stuff"
published: 2024-04-18T10:32:00.069Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z
tags: ["security", "malware", "discord", "electron"]
reading_time: 22
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# HTB Sherlock: Subatomic

**[0xdf hacks stuff](https://daily.dev/sources/0xdf)** · 22 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

HTB Sherlock: Subatomic is a post that discusses the analysis of a malware written in Electron that targets Discord installations and exfiltrates data. The post provides information about the challenge, the background scenario, the questions, the tools used, and the analysis processes involved. It explores file metadata analysis, unpacking, recovering JavaScript, and analyzing the JavaScript code. The post concludes with the primary highlights and infected files/topics.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2024/04/18/htb-sherlock-subatomic.html>

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Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#discord](https://daily.dev/tags/discord), [#electron](https://daily.dev/tags/electron)

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