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# Awesome Malware Analysis
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[![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
A curated list of awesome malware analysis tools and resources. Inspired by
[awesome-python](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python) and
[awesome-php](https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php).
- [Awesome Malware Analysis](#awesome-malware-analysis)
- [Malware Collection](#malware-collection)
- [Anonymizers](#anonymizers)
- [Honeypots](#honeypots)
- [Malware Corpora](#malware-corpora)
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- [Open Source Threat Intelligence](#open-source-threat-intelligence)
- [Tools](#tools)
- [Other Resources](#other-resources)
- [Detection and Classification](#detection-and-classification)
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- [Online Scanners and Sandboxes](#online-scanners-and-sandboxes)
- [Domain Analysis](#domain-analysis)
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- [Browser Malware](#browser-malware)
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- [Documents and Shellcode](#documents-and-shellcode)
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- [File Carving](#file-carving)
- [Deobfuscation](#deobfuscation)
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- [Debugging and Reverse Engineering](#debugging-and-reverse-engineering)
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- [Network](#network)
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- [Memory Forensics](#memory-forensics)
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- [Windows Artifacts](#windows-artifacts)
- [Storage and Workflow](#storage-and-workflow)
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- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)
- [Resources](#resources)
- [Books](#books)
- [Twitter](#twitter)
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- [Other](#other)
- [Related Awesome Lists](#related-awesome-lists)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
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- [Thanks](#thanks)
---
## Malware Collection
### Anonymizers
*Web traffic anonymizers for analysts.*
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* [Anonymouse.org](http://anonymouse.org/) - A free, web based anonymizer.
* [OpenVPN](https://openvpn.net/) - VPN software and hosting solutions.
* [Privoxy](http://www.privoxy.org/) - An open source proxy server with some
privacy features.
* [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) - The Onion Router, for browsing the web
without leaving traces of the client IP.
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### Honeypots
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*Trap and collect your own samples.*
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* [Conpot](https://github.com/mushorg/conpot) - ICS/SCADA honeypot.
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* [Dionaea](http://dionaea.carnivore.it/) - Honeypot designed to trap
malware.
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* [Glastopf](http://glastopf.org/) - Web application honeypot.
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* [Honeyd](http://honeyd.org/) - Create a virtual honeynet.
* [HoneyDrive](http://honeydrive.org/) - Honeypot bundle Linux distro.
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* [Kippo](https://github.com/desaster/kippo) - Medium interaction SSH honeypot.
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* [Mnemosyne](https://github.com/johnnykv/mnemosyne) - A normalizer for
honeypot data; supports Dionaea.
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* [Thug](https://github.com/buffer/thug) - Low interaction honeyclient, for
investigating malicious websites.
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### Malware Corpora
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*Malware samples collected for analysis.*
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* [Clean MX](http://support.clean-mx.de/clean-mx/viruses.php) - Realtime
database of malware and malicious domains.
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* [Contagio](http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/) - A collection of recent
malware samples and analyses.
* [Exploit Database](https://www.exploit-db.com/) - Exploit and shellcode
samples.
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* [Malshare](http://malshare.com) - Large repository of malware actively
scrapped from malicious sites.
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* [maltrieve](https://github.com/krmaxwell/maltrieve) - Retrieve malware
samples directly from a number of online sources.
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* [MalwareDB](http://malwaredb.malekal.com/) - Malware samples repository.
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* [theZoo](https://github.com/ytisf/theZoo) - Live malware samples for
analysts.
* [ViruSign](http://www.virusign.com/) - Malware database that detected by
many anti malware programs except ClamAV.
* [VirusShare](http://virusshare.com/) - Malware repository, registration
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* [Zeltser's Sources](https://zeltser.com/malware-sample-sources/) - A list
of malware sample sources put together by Lenny Zeltser.
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* [Zeus Source Code](https://github.com/Visgean/Zeus) - Source for the Zeus
trojan leaked in 2011.
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required.
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## Open Source Threat Intelligence
### Tools
*Harvest and analyze IOCs.*
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* [Combine](https://github.com/mlsecproject/combine) - Tool to gather Threat
Intelligence indicators from publicly available sources.
* [IntelMQ](https://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/cert/support/incident-handling-automation) -
A tool for CERTs for processing incident data using a message queue.
* [IOC Editor](https://www.mandiant.com/resources/download/ioc-editor/) -
A free editor for XML IOC files, from Mandiant.
* [ioc_writer](https://github.com/mandiant/ioc_writer) - Python library for
working with OpenIOC objects, from Mandiant.
* [Massive Octo Spice](https://github.com/csirtgadgets/massive-octo-spice) -
Previously known as CIF (Collective Intelligence Framework). Aggregates IOCs
from various lists. Curated by the [CSIRT Gadgets Foundation](http://csirtgadgets.org/collective-intelligence-framework).
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* [MISP](https://github.com/MISP/MISP) - Malware Information Sharing
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Platform curated by [The MISP Project](http://www.misp-project.org/).
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* [PassiveTotal](https://www.passivetotal.org/) - Research, connect, tag and
share IPs and domains.
* [threataggregator](https://github.com/jpsenior/threataggregator) -
Aggregates security threats from a number of sources, including some of
those listed below in [other resources](#other-resources).
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* [ThreatCrowd](https://www.threatcrowd.org/) - A search engine for threats,
with graphical visualization.
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* [TIQ-test](https://github.com/mlsecproject/tiq-test) - Data visualization
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and statistical analysis of Threat Intelligence feeds.
### Other Resources
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*Threat intelligence and IOC resources.*
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* [Autoshun](http://autoshun.org/) ([list](http://autoshun.org/)) - Snort
plugin and blocklist.
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* [CI Army](http://www.ciarmy.com/) ([list](http://www.ciarmy.com/list/ci-badguys.txt)) -
Network security blocklists.
* [Critical Stack- Free Intel Market](https://intel.CriticalStack.com) - Free
intel aggregator with deduplication featuring 90+ feeds and over 1.2M indicators.
* [CRDF ThreatCenter](http://threatcenter.crdf.fr/) - List of new threats detected
by CRDF anti-malware.
* [Emerging Threats](http://www.emergingthreats.net/) - Rulesets and more.
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* [FireEye IOCs](https://github.com/fireeye/iocs) - Indicators of Compromise
shared publicly by FireEye.
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* [hpfeeds](https://github.com/rep/hpfeeds) - Honeypot feed protocol.
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* [Internet Storm Center (DShield)](https://isc.sans.edu/) - Diary and
searchable incident database, with a web [API](https://dshield.org/api/)
([unofficial Python library](https://github.com/rshipp/python-dshield)).
* [malc0de](http://malc0de.com/database/) - Searchable incident database.
* [Malware Domain List](http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/) - Search and share
malicious URLs.
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* [OpenIOC](http://openioc.org/) - Framework for sharing threat intelligence.
* [Palevo Blocklists](https://palevotracker.abuse.ch/blocklists.php) - Botnet
C&C blocklists.
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* [STIX - Structured Threat Information eXpression](http://stix.mitre.org/) -
Standardized language to represent and share cyber threat information.
Related efforts from [MITRE](http://mitre.org):
- [CAPEC - Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification](http://capec.mitre.org/)
- [CybOX - Cyber Observables eXpression](http://cybox.mitre.org/)
- [MAEC - Malware Attribute Enumeration and Characterization](http://maec.mitre.org/)
- [TAXII - Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information](http://taxii.mitre.org/)
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* [threatRECON](https://threatrecon.co/) - Search for indicators, up to 1000
free per month.
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* [Yara rules](https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules) - Yara rules repository.
* [ZeuS Tracker](https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php) - ZeuS
blocklists.
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## Detection and Classification
*Antivirus and other malware identification tools*
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* [AnalyzePE](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/AnalyzePE) - Wrapper for a
variety of tools for reporting on Windows PE files.
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* [chkrootkit](http://www.chkrootkit.org/) - Local Linux rootkit detection.
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* [ClamAV](http://www.clamav.net/) - Open source antivirus engine.
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* [ExifTool](http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) - Read, write and
edit file metadata.
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* [hashdeep](https://github.com/jessek/hashdeep) - Compute digest hashes with
a variety of algorithms.
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* [Loki](https://github.com/Neo23x0/Loki) - Host based scanner for IOCs.
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* [Malfunction](https://github.com/Dynetics/Malfunction) - Catalog and
compare malware at a function level.
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* [MASTIFF](https://github.com/KoreLogicSecurity/mastiff) - Static analysis
framework.
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* [MultiScanner](https://github.com/MITRECND/multiscanner) - Modular file
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scanning/analysis framework
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* [nsrllookup](https://github.com/rjhansen/nsrllookup) - A tool for looking
up hashes in NIST's National Software Reference Library database.
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* [packerid](http://handlers.sans.org/jclausing/packerid.py) - A cross-platform
Python alternative to PEiD.
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* [PEiD](http://woodmann.com/BobSoft/Pages/Programs/PEiD) - Packer identifier
for Windows binaries.
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* [PEV](http://pev.sourceforge.net/) - A multiplatform toolkit to work with PE
files, providing feature-rich tools for proper analysis of suspicious binaries.
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* [Rootkit Hunter](http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net/) - Detect Linux rootkits.
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* [ssdeep](http://ssdeep.sourceforge.net/) - Compute fuzzy hashes.
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* [totalhash.py](https://gist.github.com/malc0de/10270150) - Python script
for easy searching of the [TotalHash.com](http://totalhash.com/) database.
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* [TrID](http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html) - File identifier.
* [YARA](https://plusvic.github.io/yara/) - Pattern matching tool for
analysts.
* [Yara rules generator](https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen) - Generate
yara rules based on a set of malware samples. Also contains a good
strings DB to avoid false positives.
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## Online Scanners and Sandboxes
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*Web-based multi-AV scanners, and malware sandboxes for automated analysis.*
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* [AndroTotal](https://andrototal.org/) - free online analysis of APKs
against multiple mobile antivirus apps.
* [Anubis](https://anubis.iseclab.org/) - Malware Analysis for Unknown Binaries
and Site Check.
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* [AVCaesar](https://avcaesar.malware.lu/) - Malware.lu online scanner and
malware repository.
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* [Cryptam](http://www.cryptam.com/) - Analyze suspicious office documents.
* [Cuckoo Sandbox](http://cuckoosandbox.org/) - Open source, self hosted
sandbox and automated analysis system.
* [cuckoo-modified](https://github.com/brad-accuvant/cuckoo-modified) - Modified
version of Cuckoo Sandbox released under the GPL. Not merged upstream due to
legal concerns by the author.
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* [DeepViz](https://www.deepviz.com/) - Multi-format file analyzer with
machine-learning classification.
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* [DRAKVUF](https://github.com/tklengyel/drakvuf) - Dynamic malware analysis
system.
* [Hybrid Analysis](https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/) - Online malware
analysis tool, powered by VxSandbox.
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* [IRMA](http://irma.quarkslab.com/) - An asynchronous and customizable
analysis platform for suspicious files.
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* [Jotti](https://virusscan.jotti.org/en) - Free online multi-AV scanner.
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* [Malheur](https://github.com/rieck/malheur) - Automatic sandboxed analysis
of malware behavior.
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* [Malwr](https://malwr.com/) - Free analysis with an online Cuckoo Sandbox
instance.
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* [MASTIFF Online](https://mastiff-online.korelogic.com/) - Online static
analysis of malware.
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* [Metascan Online](https://live.metascan-online.com/) - Free file scanning
with multiple antivirus engines.
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* [Noriben](https://github.com/Rurik/Noriben) - Uses Sysinternals Procmon to
collect information about malware in a sandboxed environment.
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* [PDF Examiner](http://www.pdfexaminer.com/) - Analyse suspicious PDF files.
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* [Recomposer](https://github.com/secretsquirrel/recomposer) - A helper
script for safely uploading binaries to sandbox sites.
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* [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) - Free online analysis of malware
samples and URLs
* [Zeltser's List](https://zeltser.com/automated-malware-analysis/) - Free
automated sandboxes and services, compiled by Lenny Zeltser.
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## Domain Analysis
*Inspect domains and IP addresses.*
* [Desenmascara.me](http://desenmascara.me) - One click tool to retrieve as
much metadata as possible for a website and to assess its good standing.
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* [Dig](http://networking.ringofsaturn.com/) - Free online dig and other
network tools.
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* [IPinfo](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/IPinfo) - Gather information
about an IP or domain by searching online resources.
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* [SenderBase](http://www.senderbase.org/) - Search for IP, domain or network
owner.
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* [SpamCop](https://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml) - IP based spam block list.
* [SpamHaus](http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/) - Block list based on
domains and IPs.
* [Sucuri SiteCheck](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/) - Free Website Malware
and Security Scanner.
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* [TekDefense Automator](http://www.tekdefense.com/automater/) - OSINT tool
for gatherig information about URLs, IPs, or hashes.
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* [Whois](http://whois.domaintools.com/) - DomainTools free online whois
search.
* [Zeltser's List](https://zeltser.com/lookup-malicious-websites/) - Free
online tools for researching malicious websites, compiled by Lenny Zeltser.
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## Browser Malware
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*Analyze malicious URLs. See also the [domain analysis](#domain-analysis) and
[documents and shellcode](#documents-and-shellcode) sections.*
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* [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com/) - Firefox extension for web development.
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* [Java Decompiler](http://jd.benow.ca/) - Decompile and inspect Java apps.
* [Java IDX Parser](https://github.com/Rurik/Java_IDX_Parser/) - Parses Java
IDX cache files.
* [JSDetox](http://www.relentless-coding.com/projects/jsdetox/) - JavaScript
malware analysis tool.
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* [jsunpack-n](https://github.com/urule99/jsunpack-n) - A javascript
unpacker that emulates browser functionality.
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* [Malzilla](http://malzilla.sourceforge.net/) - Analyze malicious web pages.
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* [RABCDAsm](https://github.com/CyberShadow/RABCDAsm) - A "Robust
ActionScript Bytecode Disassembler."
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* [swftools](http://www.swftools.org/) - Tools for working with Adobe Flash
files.
* [xxxswf](http://hooked-on-mnemonics.blogspot.com/2011/12/xxxswfpy.html) - A
Python script for analyzing Flash files.
## Documents and Shellcode
*Analyze malicious JS and shellcode from PDFs and Office documents. See also
the [browser malware](#browser-malware) section.*
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* [AnalyzePDF](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/AnalyzePDF) - A tool for
analyzing PDFs and attempting to determine whether they are malicious.
* [diStorm](http://www.ragestorm.net/distorm/) - Disassembler for analyzing
malicious shellcode.
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* [JS Beautifier](http://jsbeautifier.org/) - JavaScript unpacking and deobfuscation.
* [libemu](http://libemu.carnivore.it/) - Library and tools for x86 shellcode
emulation.
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* [malpdfobj](https://github.com/9b/malpdfobj) - Deconstruct malicious PDFs
into a JSON representation.
* [OfficeMalScanner](http://www.reconstructer.org/code.html) - Scan for
malicious traces in MS Office documents.
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* [olevba](http://www.decalage.info/python/olevba) - A script for parsing OLE
and OpenXML documents and extracting useful information.
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* [Origami PDF](https://code.google.com/p/origami-pdf/) - A tool for
analyzing malicious PDFs, and more.
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* [PDF Tools](http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/pdf-tools/) - pdfid,
pdf-parser, and more from Didier Stevens.
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* [PDF X-Ray Lite](https://github.com/9b/pdfxray_lite) - A PDF analysis tool,
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the backend-free version of PDF X-RAY.
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* [peepdf](http://eternal-todo.com/tools/peepdf-pdf-analysis-tool) - Python
tool for exploring possibly malicious PDFs.
* [Spidermonkey](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey) -
Mozilla's JavaScript engine, for debugging malicious JS.
## File Carving
*For extracting files from inside disk and memory images.*
* [bulk_extractor](https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor) - Fast file
carving tool.
* [EVTXtract](https://github.com/williballenthin/EVTXtract) - Carve Windows
Event Log files from raw binary data.
* [Foremost](http://foremost.sourceforge.net/) - File carving tool designed
by the US Air Force.
* [Hachoir](https://bitbucket.org/haypo/hachoir) - A collection of Python
libraries for dealing with binary files.
* [Scalpel](https://github.com/sleuthkit/scalpel) - Another data carving
tool.
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## Deobfuscation
*Reverse XOR and other code obfuscation methods.*
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* [Balbuzard](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/balbuzard/wiki/Home) - A malware
analysis tool for reversing obfuscation (XOR, ROL, etc) and more.
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* [de4dot](https://github.com/0xd4d/de4dot) - .NET deobfuscator and
unpacker.
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* [ex_pe_xor](http://hooked-on-mnemonics.blogspot.com/2014/04/expexorpy.html)
& [iheartxor](http://hooked-on-mnemonics.blogspot.com/p/iheartxor.html) -
Two tools from Alexander Hanel for working with single-byte XOR encoded
files.
* [NoMoreXOR](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/NoMoreXOR) - Guess a 256 byte
XOR key using frequency analysis.
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* [unxor](https://github.com/tomchop/unxor/) - Guess XOR keys using
known-plaintext attacks.
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* [XORBruteForcer](http://eternal-todo.com/var/scripts/xorbruteforcer) -
A Python script for brute forcing single-byte XOR keys.
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* [XORSearch & XORStrings](http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/xorsearch/) -
A couple programs from Didier Stevens for finding XORed data.
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* [xortool](https://github.com/hellman/xortool) - Guess XOR key length, as
well as the key itself.
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## Debugging and Reverse Engineering
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*Disassemblers, debuggers, and other static and dynamic analysis tools.*
* [Bokken](https://inguma.eu/projects/bokken) - GUI for Pyew and Radare.
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* [dnSpy](https://github.com/0xd4d/dnSpy) - .NET assembly editor, decompiler
and debugger.
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* [Evan's Debugger (EDB)](http://codef00.com/projects#debugger) - A
modular debugger with a Qt GUI.
* [GDB](http://www.sourceware.org/gdb/) - The GNU debugger.
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* [hackers-grep](https://github.com/codypierce/hackers-grep) - A utility to
search for strings in PE executables including imports, exports, and debug
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symbols.
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* [IDA Pro](https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml) - Windows
disassembler and debugger, with a free evaluation version.
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* [Immunity Debugger](http://debugger.immunityinc.com/) - Debugger for
malware analysis and more, with a Python API.
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* [ltrace](http://ltrace.org/) - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
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* [objdump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objdump) - Part of GNU binutils,
for static analysis of Linux binaries.
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* [OllyDbg](http://www.ollydbg.de/) - An assembly-level debugger for Windows
executables.
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* [pestudio](https://winitor.com/) - Perform static analysis of Windows
executables.
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* [Process Monitor](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx) -
Advanced monitoring tool for Windows programs.
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* [Pyew](https://github.com/joxeankoret/pyew) - Python tool for malware
analysis.
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* [Radare2](http://www.radare.org/r/) - Reverse engineering framework, with
debugger support.
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* [strace](http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/) - Dynamic analysis for
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Linux executables.
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* [Udis86](https://github.com/vmt/udis86) - Disassembler library and tool
for x86 and x86_64.
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* [Vivisect](https://github.com/vivisect/vivisect) - Python tool for
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malware analysis.
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* [X64dbg](https://github.com/x64dbg/) - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows.
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## Network
*Analyze network interactions.*
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* [Bro](https://www.bro.org) - Protocol analyzer that operates at incredible
scale; both file and network protocols.
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* [CapTipper](https://github.com/omriher/CapTipper) - Malicious HTTP traffic
explorer.
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* [chopshop](https://github.com/MITRECND/chopshop) - Protocol analysis and
decoding framework.
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* [Fiddler](http://www.telerik.com/fiddler) - Intercepting web proxy designed
for "web debugging."
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* [Hale](https://github.com/pjlantz/Hale) - Botnet C&C monitor.
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* [INetSim](http://www.inetsim.org/) - Network service emulation, useful when
building a malware lab.
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* [Malcom](https://github.com/tomchop/malcom) - Malware Communications
Analyzer.
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* [mitmproxy](https://mitmproxy.org/) - Intercept network traffic on the fly.
* [Moloch](https://github.com/aol/moloch) - IPv4 traffic capturing, indexing
and database system.
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* [NetworkMiner](http://www.netresec.com/?page=NetworkMiner) - Network
forensic analysis tool, with a free version.
* [ngrep](http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/) - Search through network traffic
like grep.
* [Tcpdump](http://www.tcpdump.org/) - Collect network traffic.
* [tcpick](http://tcpick.sourceforge.net/) - Trach and reassemble TCP streams
from network traffic.
* [tcpxtract](http://tcpxtract.sourceforge.net/) - Extract files from network
traffic.
* [Wireshark](https://www.wireshark.org/) - The network traffic analysis
tool.
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## Memory Forensics
*Tools for dissecting malware in memory images or running systems.*
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* [DAMM](https://github.com/504ensicsLabs/DAMM) - Differential Analysis of
Malware in Memory, built on Volatility
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* [FindAES](http://jessekornblum.livejournal.com/269749.html) - Find AES
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encryption keys in memory.
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* [Muninn](https://github.com/ytisf/muninn) - A script to automate portions
of analysis using Volatility, and create a readable report.
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* [Rekall](http://www.rekall-forensic.com/) - Memory analysis framework,
forked from Volatility in 2013.
* [TotalRecall](https://github.com/sketchymoose/TotalRecall) - Script based
on Volatility for automating various malware analysis tasks.
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* [VolDiff](https://github.com/aim4r/VolDiff) - Run Volatility on memory
images before and after malware execution, and report changes.
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* [Volatility](https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility) - Advanced
memory forensics framework.
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* [WinDbg](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852365) - Live
memory inspection and kernel debugging for Windows systems.
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## Windows Artifacts
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* [AChoir](https://github.com/OMENScan/AChoir) - A live incident response
script for gathering Windows artifacts.
* [python-evt](https://github.com/williballenthin/python-evt) - Python
library for parsing Windows Event Logs.
* [python-registry](http://www.williballenthin.com/registry/) - Python
library for parsing registry files.
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* [RegRipper](https://regripper.wordpress.com/)
([GitHub](https://github.com/keydet89/RegRipper2.8)) -
Plugin-based registry analysis tool.
## Storage and Workflow
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* [Aleph](https://github.com/trendmicro/aleph) - OpenSource Malware Analysis
Pipeline System.
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* [CRITs](https://crits.github.io/) - Collaborative Research Into Threats, a
malware and threat repository.
* [Malwarehouse](https://github.com/sroberts/malwarehouse) - Store, tag, and
search malware.
* [MISP](https://github.com/MISP/MISP) - Malware Information Sharing
Platform curated by [The MISP Project](http://www.misp-project.org/).
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* [Viper](http://viper.li/) - A binary management and analysis framework for
analysts and researchers.
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## Miscellaneous
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* [DC3-MWCP](https://github.com/Defense-Cyber-Crime-Center/DC3-MWCP) -
The Defense Cyber Crime Center's Malware Configuration Parser framework.
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* [Pafish](https://github.com/a0rtega/pafish) - Paranoid Fish, a demonstration
tool that employs several techniques to detect sandboxes and analysis
environments in the same way as malware families do.
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* [REMnux](https://remnux.org/) - Linux distribution and docker images for
malware reverse engineering and analysis.
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* [Santoku Linux](https://santoku-linux.com/) - Linux distribution for mobile
forensics, malware analysis, and security.
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# Resources
## Books
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*Essential malware analysis reading material.*
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* [Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD](https://amzn.com/dp/0470613033) -
Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code.
* [Practical Malware Analysis](https://amzn.com/dp/1593272901) - The Hands-On Guide
to Dissecting Malicious Software.
* [The Art of Memory Forensics](https://amzn.com/dp/1118825098) - Detecting
Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory.
* [The IDA Pro Book](https://amzn.com/dp/1593272898) - The Unofficial Guide
to the World's Most Popular Disassembler.
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## Twitter
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*Some relevant Twitter accounts.*
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* Adamb [@Hexacorn](https://twitter.com/Hexacorn)
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* Andrew Case [@attrc](https://twitter.com/attrc)
* Claudio [@botherder](https://twitter.com/botherder)
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* Dustin Webber [@mephux](https://twitter.com/mephux)
* Glenn [@hiddenillusion](https://twitter.com/hiddenillusion)
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* jekil [@jekil](https://twitter.com/jekil)
* Jurriaan Bremer [@skier_t](https://twitter.com/skier_t)
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* Lenny Zeltser [@lennyzeltser](https://twitter.com/lennyzeltser)
* Liam Randall [@hectaman](https://twitter.com/hectaman)
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* Mark Schloesser [@repmovsb](https://twitter.com/repmovsb)
* Michael Ligh (MHL) [@iMHLv2](https://twitter.com/iMHLv2)
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* Open Malware [@OpenMalware](https://twitter.com/OpenMalware)
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* Richard Bejtlich [@taosecurity](https://twitter.com/taosecurity)
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* Volatility [@volatility](https://twitter.com/volatility)
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## Other
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* [APT Notes](https://github.com/kbandla/APTnotes) - A collection of papers
and notes related to Advanced Persistent Threats.
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* [Honeynet Project](http://honeynet.org/) - Honeypot tools, papers, and
other resources.
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* [Malicious Software](https://zeltser.com/malicious-software/) - Malware
blog and resources by Lenny Zeltser.
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* [Malware Analysis Search](https://cse.google.com/cse/home?cx=011750002002865445766%3Apc60zx1rliu) -
Custom Google search engine from [Corey Harrell](journeyintoir.blogspot.com/).
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* [WindowsIR: Malware](http://windowsir.blogspot.com/p/malware.html) - Harlan
Carvey's page on Malware.
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* [/r/csirt_tools](https://www.reddit.com/r/csirt_tools/) - Subreddit for CSIRT
tools and resources, with a
[malware analysis](https://www.reddit.com/r/csirt_tools/search?q=flair%3A%22Malware%20analysis%22&sort=new&restrict_sr=on) flair.
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* [/r/Malware](https://www.reddit.com/r/Malware) - The malware subreddit.
* [/r/ReverseEngineering](https://www.reddit.com/r/ReverseEngineering) -
Reverse engineering subreddit, not limited to just malware.
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# Related Awesome Lists
* [Android Security](https://github.com/ashishb/android-security-awesome)
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* [AppSec](https://github.com/paragonie/awesome-appsec)
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* [CTFs](https://github.com/apsdehal/awesome-ctf)
* ["Hacking"](https://github.com/carpedm20/awesome-hacking)
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* [Honeypots](https://github.com/paralax/awesome-honeypots)
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* [Infosec](https://github.com/onlurking/awesome-infosec)
* [PCAP Tools](https://github.com/caesar0301/awesome-pcaptools)
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* [Pentesting](https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-pentest)
* [Security](https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security)
# [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
Pull requests and issues with suggestions are welcome!
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# Thanks
This list was made possible by:
* Lenny Zeltser and other contributors for developing REMnux, where I
found many of the tools in this list;
* Michail Hale Ligh, Steven Adair, Blake Hartstein, and Mather Richard for
writing the *Malware Analyst's Cookbook*, which was a big inspiration for
creating the list;
* And everyone else who has sent pull requests or suggested links to add here!
Thanks!