Category: File Formats

2 articles
Date Thu 07 May 2026
Authors Madimodi Diawara, Lucas Di Martino
Category File Formats

This article presents the structure of the Independent Guest Virtual Machine (IGVM) file format, a binary file designed to define and securely launch the initial state of a virtual machine. It bundles all necessary components such as the BIOS/OVMF, kernel, and initial ramdisk, into a single file. We'll focus on a concrete example to understand the main structure of the file format.

Date Thu 30 May 2024
Author Tanguy Faivre d'Arcier
Category File Formats

We did a quick study on the most common ways to deliver malware through LNK files.