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HOW WE WERE ABLE TO INFILTRATE ATTACKER TELEGRAM BOTS

checkmarx.com5 min read

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A post from Checkmarx on a technique that it discovered to intercept messages from malicious Telegram bots that attackers utilize for info-stealing operations. Checkmarx's team extracted the bot details from a malicious package. They then utilized the /getUpdates endpoint to retrieve details of a specific message or all messages by looping through message IDs. The post also details two methods for redirecting messages when an attacker utilizes a webhook.