Astaroth Malware Attack Sequence

This diagram depicts a multi-stage malware attack chain that starts with a phishing email delivering weaponized attachments and then advances through scripted payload downloads, malicious DLL loading and process injection techniques. Each stage is mapped to the specific security engines responsible for detection and prevention, showing where the attack is blocked or allowed to proceed. By reviewing this flow, organizations can better understand how layered defenses operate across email security, scripting controls and endpoint behavior monitoring, and identify opportunities to strengthen protections to disrupt similar attacks earlier in the kill chain.