| # Awesome Malware Analysis [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) |
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|
| 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). |
|
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| [](https://twitter.com/githubbers/status/1182017616740663296) |
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| - [Malware Collection](#malware-collection) |
| - [Anonymizers](#anonymizers) |
| - [Honeypots](#honeypots) |
| - [Malware Corpora](#malware-corpora) |
| - [Open Source Threat Intelligence](#open-source-threat-intelligence) |
| - [Tools](#tools) |
| - [Other Resources](#other-resources) |
| - [Detection and Classification](#detection-and-classification) |
| - [Online Scanners and Sandboxes](#online-scanners-and-sandboxes) |
| - [Domain Analysis](#domain-analysis) |
| - [Browser Malware](#browser-malware) |
| - [Documents and Shellcode](#documents-and-shellcode) |
| - [File Carving](#file-carving) |
| - [Deobfuscation](#deobfuscation) |
| - [Debugging and Reverse Engineering](#debugging-and-reverse-engineering) |
| - [Network](#network) |
| - [Memory Forensics](#memory-forensics) |
| - [Windows Artifacts](#windows-artifacts) |
| - [Storage and Workflow](#storage-and-workflow) |
| - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous) |
| - [Resources](#resources) |
| - [Books](#books) |
| - [Other](#other) |
| - [Related Awesome Lists](#related-awesome-lists) |
| - [Contributing](#contributing) |
| - [Thanks](#thanks) |
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| View Chinese translation: [恶意软件分析大合集.md](恶意软件分析大合集.md). |
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|
| ## Malware Collection |
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|
| ### Anonymizers |
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| *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. |
|
|
| ### Honeypots |
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| *Trap and collect your own samples.* |
|
|
| * [Conpot](https://github.com/mushorg/conpot) - ICS/SCADA honeypot. |
| * [Cowrie](https://github.com/micheloosterhof/cowrie) - SSH honeypot, based |
| on Kippo. |
| * [DemoHunter](https://github.com/RevengeComing/DemonHunter) - Low interaction Distributed Honeypots. |
| * [Dionaea](https://github.com/DinoTools/dionaea) - Honeypot designed to trap malware. |
| * [Glastopf](https://github.com/mushorg/glastopf) - Web application honeypot. |
| * [Honeyd](http://www.honeyd.org/) - Create a virtual honeynet. |
| * [HoneyDrive](https://bruteforce.gr/honeydrive/) - Honeypot bundle Linux distro. |
| * [Honeytrap](https://github.com/honeytrap/honeytrap) - Opensource system for running, monitoring and managing honeypots. |
| * [MHN](https://github.com/pwnlandia/mhn) - MHN is a centralized server for management and data collection of honeypots. MHN allows you to deploy sensors quickly and to collect data immediately, viewable from a neat web interface. |
| * [Mnemosyne](https://github.com/johnnykv/mnemosyne) - A normalizer for |
| honeypot data; supports Dionaea. |
| * [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.* |
|
|
| * [Clean MX](http://support.clean-mx.com/clean-mx/viruses.php) - Realtime |
| database of malware and malicious domains. |
| * [Contagio](http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/) - A collection of recent |
| malware samples and analyses. |
| * [Exploit Database](https://www.exploit-db.com/) - Exploit and shellcode |
| samples. |
| * [Infosec - CERT-PA](https://infosec.cert-pa.it/analyze/submission.html) - Malware samples collection and analysis. |
| * [InQuest Labs](https://labs.inquest.net) - Evergrowing searchable corpus of malicious Microsoft documents. |
| * [Javascript Mallware Collection](https://github.com/HynekPetrak/javascript-malware-collection) - Collection of almost 40.000 javascript malware samples |
| * [Malpedia](https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/) - A resource providing |
| rapid identification and actionable context for malware investigations. |
| * [Malshare](https://malshare.com) - Large repository of malware actively |
| scrapped from malicious sites. |
| * [Ragpicker](https://github.com/robbyFux/Ragpicker) - Plugin based malware |
| crawler with pre-analysis and reporting functionalities |
| * [theZoo](https://github.com/ytisf/theZoo) - Live malware samples for |
| analysts. |
| * [Tracker h3x](http://tracker.h3x.eu/) - Agregator for malware corpus tracker |
| and malicious download sites. |
| * [vduddu malware repo](https://github.com/vduddu/Malware) - Collection of |
| various malware files and source code. |
| * [VirusBay](https://beta.virusbay.io/) - Community-Based malware repository and social network. |
| * [ViruSign](http://www.virussign.com/) - Malware database that detected by |
| many anti malware programs except ClamAV. |
| * [VirusShare](https://virusshare.com/) - Malware repository, registration |
| required. |
| * [VX Vault](http://vxvault.net) - Active collection of malware samples. |
| * [Zeltser's Sources](https://zeltser.com/malware-sample-sources/) - A list |
| of malware sample sources put together by Lenny Zeltser. |
| * [Zeus Source Code](https://github.com/Visgean/Zeus) - Source for the Zeus |
| trojan leaked in 2011. |
| * [VX Underground](http://vx-underground.org/) - Massive and growing collection of free malware samples. |
|
|
| ## Open Source Threat Intelligence |
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|
| ### Tools |
|
|
| *Harvest and analyze IOCs.* |
|
|
| * [AbuseHelper](https://github.com/abusesa/abusehelper) - An open-source |
| framework for receiving and redistributing abuse feeds and threat intel. |
| * [AlienVault Open Threat Exchange](https://otx.alienvault.com/) - Share and |
| collaborate in developing Threat Intelligence. |
| * [Combine](https://github.com/mlsecproject/combine) - Tool to gather Threat |
| Intelligence indicators from publicly available sources. |
| * [Fileintel](https://github.com/keithjjones/fileintel) - Pull intelligence per file hash. |
| * [Hostintel](https://github.com/keithjjones/hostintel) - Pull intelligence per host. |
| * [IntelMQ](https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/csirt-cert-services/community-projects/incident-handling-automation) - |
| A tool for CERTs for processing incident data using a message queue. |
| * [IOC Editor](https://www.fireeye.com/services/freeware/ioc-editor.html) - |
| A free editor for XML IOC files. |
| * [iocextract](https://github.com/InQuest/python-iocextract) - Advanced Indicator |
| of Compromise (IOC) extractor, Python library and command-line tool. |
| * [ioc_writer](https://github.com/mandiant/ioc_writer) - Python library for |
| working with OpenIOC objects, from Mandiant. |
| * [MalPipe](https://github.com/silascutler/MalPipe) - Malware/IOC ingestion and |
| processing engine, that enriches collected data. |
| * [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). |
| * [MISP](https://github.com/MISP/MISP) - Malware Information Sharing |
| Platform curated by [The MISP Project](http://www.misp-project.org/). |
| * [Pulsedive](https://pulsedive.com) - Free, community-driven threat intelligence platform collecting IOCs from open-source feeds. |
| * [PyIOCe](https://github.com/pidydx/PyIOCe) - A Python OpenIOC editor. |
| * [RiskIQ](https://community.riskiq.com/) - Research, connect, tag and |
| share IPs and domains. (Was PassiveTotal.) |
| * [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). |
| * [ThreatConnect](https://threatconnect.com/free/) - TC Open allows you to see and |
| share open source threat data, with support and validation from our free community. |
| * [ThreatCrowd](https://www.threatcrowd.org/) - A search engine for threats, |
| with graphical visualization. |
| * [ThreatIngestor](https://github.com/InQuest/ThreatIngestor/) - Build |
| automated threat intel pipelines sourcing from Twitter, RSS, GitHub, and |
| more. |
| * [ThreatTracker](https://github.com/michael-yip/ThreatTracker) - A Python |
| script to monitor and generate alerts based on IOCs indexed by a set of |
| Google Custom Search Engines. |
| * [TIQ-test](https://github.com/mlsecproject/tiq-test) - Data visualization |
| and statistical analysis of Threat Intelligence feeds. |
|
|
| ### Other Resources |
|
|
| *Threat intelligence and IOC resources.* |
|
|
| * [Autoshun](https://www.autoshun.org/) ([list](https://www.autoshun.org/files/shunlist.csv)) - |
| Snort plugin and blocklist. |
| * [Bambenek Consulting Feeds](http://osint.bambenekconsulting.com/feeds/) - |
| OSINT feeds based on malicious DGA algorithms. |
| * [Fidelis Barncat](https://www.fidelissecurity.com/resources/fidelis-barncat) - |
| Extensive malware config database (must request access). |
| * [CI Army](http://cinsscore.com/) ([list](http://cinsscore.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. |
| * [Cybercrime tracker](http://cybercrime-tracker.net/) - Multiple botnet active tracker. |
| * [FireEye IOCs](https://github.com/fireeye/iocs) - Indicators of Compromise |
| shared publicly by FireEye. |
| * [FireHOL IP Lists](https://iplists.firehol.org/) - Analytics for 350+ IP lists |
| with a focus on attacks, malware and abuse. Evolution, Changes History, |
| Country Maps, Age of IPs listed, Retention Policy, Overlaps. |
| * [HoneyDB](https://riskdiscovery.com/honeydb) - Community driven honeypot sensor data collection and aggregation. |
| * [hpfeeds](https://github.com/rep/hpfeeds) - Honeypot feed protocol. |
| * [Infosec - CERT-PA lists](https://infosec.cert-pa.it/analyze/statistics.html) ([IPs](https://infosec.cert-pa.it/analyze/listip.txt) - [Domains](https://infosec.cert-pa.it/analyze/listdomains.txt) - [URLs](https://infosec.cert-pa.it/analyze/listurls.txt)) - Blocklist service. |
| * [InQuest REPdb](https://labs.inquest.net/repdb) - Continuous aggregation of IOCs from a variety of open reputation sources. |
| * [InQuest IOCdb](https://labs.inquest.net/iocdb) - Continuous aggregation of IOCs from a variety of blogs, Github repos, and Twitter. |
| * [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. |
| * [MetaDefender Threat Intelligence Feed](https://www.opswat.com/developers/threat-intelligence-feed) - |
| List of the most looked up file hashes from MetaDefender Cloud. |
| * [OpenIOC](https://www.fireeye.com/services/freeware.html) - Framework for sharing threat intelligence. |
| * [Proofpoint Threat Intelligence](https://www.proofpoint.com/us/products/et-intelligence) - |
| Rulesets and more. (Formerly Emerging Threats.) |
| * [Ransomware overview](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TWS238xacAto-fLKh1n5uTsdijWdCEsGIM0Y0Hvmc5g/pubhtml) - |
| A list of ransomware overview with details, detection and prevention. |
| * [STIX - Structured Threat Information eXpression](http://stixproject.github.io) - |
| Standardized language to represent and share cyber threat information. |
| Related efforts from [MITRE](https://www.mitre.org/): |
| - [CAPEC - Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification](http://capec.mitre.org/) |
| - [CybOX - Cyber Observables eXpression](http://cyboxproject.github.io) |
| - [MAEC - Malware Attribute Enumeration and Characterization](http://maec.mitre.org/) |
| - [TAXII - Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information](http://taxiiproject.github.io) |
| * [SystemLookup](https://www.systemlookup.com/) - SystemLookup hosts a collection of lists that provide information on |
| the components of legitimate and potentially unwanted programs. |
| * [ThreatMiner](https://www.threatminer.org/) - Data mining portal for threat |
| intelligence, with search. |
| * [threatRECON](https://threatrecon.co/) - Search for indicators, up to 1000 |
| free per month. |
| * [ThreatShare](https://threatshare.io/) - C2 panel tracker |
| * [Yara rules](https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules) - Yara rules repository. |
| * [YETI](https://github.com/yeti-platform/yeti) - Yeti is a platform meant to organize observables, indicators of compromise, TTPs, and knowledge on threats in a single, unified repository. |
| * [ZeuS Tracker](https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php) - ZeuS |
| blocklists. |
|
|
| ## Detection and Classification |
|
|
| *Antivirus and other malware identification tools* |
|
|
| * [AnalyzePE](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/AnalyzePE) - Wrapper for a |
| variety of tools for reporting on Windows PE files. |
| * [Assemblyline](https://cybercentrecanada.github.io/assemblyline4_docs/) - A scalable file triage and malware analysis system integrating the cyber security community's best tools.. |
| * [BinaryAlert](https://github.com/airbnb/binaryalert) - An open source, serverless |
| AWS pipeline that scans and alerts on uploaded files based on a set of |
| YARA rules. |
| * [capa](https://github.com/fireeye/capa) - Detects capabilities in executable files. |
| * [chkrootkit](http://www.chkrootkit.org/) - Local Linux rootkit detection. |
| * [ClamAV](http://www.clamav.net/) - Open source antivirus engine. |
| * [Detect It Easy(DiE)](https://github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy) - A program for |
| determining types of files. |
| * [Exeinfo PE](http://exeinfo.pe.hu/) - Packer, compressor detector, unpack |
| info, internal exe tools. |
| * [ExifTool](https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) - Read, write and |
| edit file metadata. |
| * [File Scanning Framework](https://github.com/EmersonElectricCo/fsf) - |
| Modular, recursive file scanning solution. |
| * [fn2yara](https://github.com/cmu-sei/pharos) - FN2Yara is a tool to generate |
| Yara signatures for matching functions (code) in an executable program. |
| * [Generic File Parser](https://github.com/uppusaikiran/generic-parser) - A Single Library Parser to extract meta information,static analysis and detect macros within the files. |
| * [hashdeep](https://github.com/jessek/hashdeep) - Compute digest hashes with |
| a variety of algorithms. |
| * [HashCheck](https://github.com/gurnec/HashCheck) - Windows shell extension |
| to compute hashes with a variety of algorithms. |
| * [Loki](https://github.com/Neo23x0/Loki) - Host based scanner for IOCs. |
| * [Malfunction](https://github.com/Dynetics/Malfunction) - Catalog and |
| compare malware at a function level. |
| * [Manalyze](https://github.com/JusticeRage/Manalyze) - Static analyzer for PE |
| executables. |
| * [MASTIFF](https://github.com/KoreLogicSecurity/mastiff) - Static analysis |
| framework. |
| * [MultiScanner](https://github.com/mitre/multiscanner) - Modular file |
| scanning/analysis framework |
| * [Nauz File Detector(NFD)](https://github.com/horsicq/Nauz-File-Detector) - Linker/Compiler/Tool detector for Windows, Linux and MacOS. |
| * [nsrllookup](https://github.com/rjhansen/nsrllookup) - A tool for looking |
| up hashes in NIST's National Software Reference Library database. |
| * [packerid](https://github.com/sooshie/packerid) - A cross-platform |
| Python alternative to PEiD. |
| * [PE-bear](https://hshrzd.wordpress.com/pe-bear/) - Reversing tool for PE |
| files. |
| * [PEframe](https://github.com/guelfoweb/peframe) - PEframe is an open source tool to perform static analysis on Portable Executable malware and malicious MS Office documents. |
| * [PEV](http://pev.sourceforge.net/) - A multiplatform toolkit to work with PE |
| files, providing feature-rich tools for proper analysis of suspicious binaries. |
| * [PortEx](https://github.com/katjahahn/PortEx) - Java library to analyse PE files with a special focus on malware analysis and PE malformation robustness. |
| * [Quark-Engine](https://github.com/quark-engine/quark-engine) - An Obfuscation-Neglect Android Malware Scoring System |
| * [Rootkit Hunter](http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net/) - Detect Linux rootkits. |
| * [ssdeep](https://ssdeep-project.github.io/ssdeep/) - Compute fuzzy hashes. |
| * [totalhash.py](https://gist.github.com/gleblanc1783/3c8e6b379fa9d646d401b96ab5c7877f) - |
| Python script for easy searching of the [TotalHash.cymru.com](https://totalhash.cymru.com/) |
| database. |
| * [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. |
| * [Yara Finder](https://github.com/uppusaikiran/yara-finder) - A simple tool to yara match the file against various yara rules to find the indicators of suspicion. |
|
|
|
|
| ## Online Scanners and Sandboxes |
|
|
| *Web-based multi-AV scanners, and malware sandboxes for automated analysis.* |
|
|
| * [anlyz.io](https://sandbox.anlyz.io/) - Online sandbox. |
| * [any.run](https://app.any.run/) - Online interactive sandbox. |
| * [AndroTotal](https://andrototal.org/) - Free online analysis of APKs |
| against multiple mobile antivirus apps. |
| * [BoomBox](https://github.com/nbeede/BoomBox) - Automatic deployment of Cuckoo |
| Sandbox malware lab using Packer and Vagrant. |
| * [Cryptam](http://www.cryptam.com/) - Analyze suspicious office documents. |
| * [Cuckoo Sandbox](https://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. |
| * [cuckoo-modified-api](https://github.com/keithjjones/cuckoo-modified-api) - A |
| Python API used to control a cuckoo-modified sandbox. |
| * [DeepViz](https://www.deepviz.com/) - Multi-format file analyzer with |
| machine-learning classification. |
| * [detux](https://github.com/detuxsandbox/detux/) - A sandbox developed to do |
| traffic analysis of Linux malwares and capturing IOCs. |
| * [DRAKVUF](https://github.com/tklengyel/drakvuf) - Dynamic malware analysis |
| system. |
| * [filescan.io](https://www.filescan.io/) - Static malware analysis, VBA/Powershell/VBS/JS Emulation |
| * [firmware.re](http://firmware.re/) - Unpacks, scans and analyzes almost any |
| firmware package. |
| * [HaboMalHunter](https://github.com/Tencent/HaboMalHunter) - An Automated Malware |
| Analysis Tool for Linux ELF Files. |
| * [Hybrid Analysis](https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/) - Online malware |
| analysis tool, powered by VxSandbox. |
| * [Intezer](https://analyze.intezer.com) - Detect, analyze, and categorize malware by |
| identifying code reuse and code similarities. |
| * [IRMA](http://irma.quarkslab.com/) - An asynchronous and customizable |
| analysis platform for suspicious files. |
| * [Joe Sandbox](https://www.joesecurity.org) - Deep malware analysis with Joe Sandbox. |
| * [Jotti](https://virusscan.jotti.org/en) - Free online multi-AV scanner. |
| * [Limon](https://github.com/monnappa22/Limon) - Sandbox for Analyzing Linux Malware. |
| * [Malheur](https://github.com/rieck/malheur) - Automatic sandboxed analysis |
| of malware behavior. |
| * [malice.io](https://github.com/maliceio/malice) - Massively scalable malware analysis framework. |
| * [malsub](https://github.com/diogo-fernan/malsub) - A Python RESTful API framework for |
| online malware and URL analysis services. |
| * [Malware config](https://malwareconfig.com/) - Extract, decode and display online |
| the configuration settings from common malwares. |
| * [MalwareAnalyser.io](https://malwareanalyser.io/) - Online malware anomaly-based static analyser with heuristic detection engine powered by data mining and machine learning. |
| * [Malwr](https://malwr.com/) - Free analysis with an online Cuckoo Sandbox |
| instance. |
| * [MetaDefender Cloud](https://metadefender.opswat.com/ ) - Scan a file, hash, IP, URL or |
| domain address for malware for free. |
| * [NetworkTotal](https://www.networktotal.com/index.html) - A service that analyzes |
| pcap files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all |
| kinds of malware using Suricata configured with EmergingThreats Pro. |
| * [Noriben](https://github.com/Rurik/Noriben) - Uses Sysinternals Procmon to |
| collect information about malware in a sandboxed environment. |
| * [PacketTotal](https://packettotal.com/) - PacketTotal is an online engine for analyzing .pcap files, and visualizing the network traffic within. |
| * [PDF Examiner](http://www.pdfexaminer.com/) - Analyse suspicious PDF files. |
| * [ProcDot](http://www.procdot.com) - A graphical malware analysis tool kit. |
| * [Recomposer](https://github.com/secretsquirrel/recomposer) - A helper |
| script for safely uploading binaries to sandbox sites. |
| * [sandboxapi](https://github.com/InQuest/python-sandboxapi) - Python library for |
| building integrations with several open source and commercial malware sandboxes. |
| * [SEE](https://github.com/F-Secure/see) - Sandboxed Execution Environment (SEE) |
| is a framework for building test automation in secured Environments. |
| * [SEKOIA Dropper Analysis](https://malware.sekoia.fr/) - Online dropper analysis (Js, VBScript, Microsoft Office, PDF). |
| * [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) - Free online analysis of malware |
| samples and URLs |
| * [Visualize_Logs](https://github.com/keithjjones/visualize_logs) - Open source |
| visualization library and command line tools for logs. (Cuckoo, Procmon, more |
| to come...) |
| * [Zeltser's List](https://zeltser.com/automated-malware-analysis/) - Free |
| automated sandboxes and services, compiled by Lenny Zeltser. |
|
|
| ## Domain Analysis |
|
|
| *Inspect domains and IP addresses.* |
|
|
| * [AbuseIPDB](https://www.abuseipdb.com/) - AbuseIPDB is a project dedicated |
| to helping combat the spread of hackers, spammers, and abusive activity on the internet. |
| * [badips.com](https://www.badips.com/) - Community based IP blacklist service. |
| * [boomerang](https://github.com/EmersonElectricCo/boomerang) - A tool designed |
| for consistent and safe capture of off network web resources. |
| * [Cymon](https://cymon.io/) - Threat intelligence tracker, with IP/domain/hash |
| search. |
| * [Desenmascara.me](http://desenmascara.me) - One click tool to retrieve as |
| much metadata as possible for a website and to assess its good standing. |
| * [Dig](https://networking.ringofsaturn.com/) - Free online dig and other |
| network tools. |
| * [dnstwist](https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist) - Domain name permutation |
| engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage. |
| * [IPinfo](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/IPinfo) - Gather information |
| about an IP or domain by searching online resources. |
| * [Machinae](https://github.com/hurricanelabs/machinae) - OSINT tool for |
| gathering information about URLs, IPs, or hashes. Similar to Automator. |
| * [mailchecker](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker) - Cross-language |
| temporary email detection library. |
| * [MaltegoVT](https://github.com/michael-yip/MaltegoVT) - Maltego transform |
| for the VirusTotal API. Allows domain/IP research, and searching for file |
| hashes and scan reports. |
| * [Multi rbl](http://multirbl.valli.org/) - Multiple DNS blacklist and forward |
| confirmed reverse DNS lookup over more than 300 RBLs. |
| * [NormShield Services](https://services.normshield.com/) - Free API Services |
| for detecting possible phishing domains, blacklisted ip addresses and breached |
| accounts. |
| * [PhishStats](https://phishstats.info/) - Phishing Statistics with search for |
| IP, domain and website title |
| * [Spyse](https://spyse.com/) - subdomains, whois, realted domains, DNS, hosts AS, SSL/TLS info, |
| * [SecurityTrails](https://securitytrails.com/) - Historical and current WHOIS, |
| historical and current DNS records, similar domains, certificate information |
| and other domain and IP related API and tools. |
| * [SpamCop](https://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml) - IP based spam block list. |
| * [SpamHaus](https://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/) - Block list based on |
| domains and IPs. |
| * [Sucuri SiteCheck](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/) - Free Website Malware |
| and Security Scanner. |
| * [Talos Intelligence](https://talosintelligence.com/) - Search for IP, domain |
| or network owner. (Previously SenderBase.) |
| * [TekDefense Automater](http://www.tekdefense.com/automater/) - OSINT tool |
| for gathering information about URLs, IPs, or hashes. |
| * [URLhaus](https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/) - A project from abuse.ch with the goal |
| of sharing malicious URLs that are being used for malware distribution. |
| * [URLQuery](http://urlquery.net/) - Free URL Scanner. |
| * [urlscan.io](https://urlscan.io/) - Free URL Scanner & domain information. |
| * [Whois](https://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. |
| * [ZScalar Zulu](https://zulu.zscaler.com/#) - Zulu URL Risk Analyzer. |
|
|
| ## Browser Malware |
|
|
| *Analyze malicious URLs. See also the [domain analysis](#domain-analysis) and |
| [documents and shellcode](#documents-and-shellcode) sections.* |
|
|
| * [Bytecode Viewer](https://github.com/Konloch/bytecode-viewer) - Combines |
| multiple Java bytecode viewers and decompilers into one tool, including |
| APK/DEX support. |
| * [Firebug](https://getfirebug.com/) - Firefox extension for web development. |
| * [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. |
| * [jsunpack-n](https://github.com/urule99/jsunpack-n) - A javascript |
| unpacker that emulates browser functionality. |
| * [Krakatau](https://github.com/Storyyeller/Krakatau) - Java decompiler, |
| assembler, and disassembler. |
| * [Malzilla](http://malzilla.sourceforge.net/) - Analyze malicious web pages. |
| * [RABCDAsm](https://github.com/CyberShadow/RABCDAsm) - A "Robust |
| ActionScript Bytecode Disassembler." |
| * [SWF Investigator](https://labs.adobe.com/technologies/swfinvestigator/) - |
| Static and dynamic analysis of SWF applications. |
| * [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.* |
|
|
| * [AnalyzePDF](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/AnalyzePDF) - A tool for |
| analyzing PDFs and attempting to determine whether they are malicious. |
| * [box-js](https://github.com/CapacitorSet/box-js) - A tool for studying JavaScript |
| malware, featuring JScript/WScript support and ActiveX emulation. |
| * [diStorm](http://www.ragestorm.net/distorm/) - Disassembler for analyzing |
| malicious shellcode. |
| * [InQuest Deep File Inspection](https://labs.inquest.net/dfi) - Upload common malware lures for Deep File Inspection and heuristical analysis. |
| * [JS Beautifier](http://jsbeautifier.org/) - JavaScript unpacking and deobfuscation. |
| * [libemu](http://libemu.carnivore.it/) - Library and tools for x86 shellcode |
| emulation. |
| * [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. |
| * [olevba](http://www.decalage.info/python/olevba) - A script for parsing OLE |
| and OpenXML documents and extracting useful information. |
| * [Origami PDF](https://code.google.com/archive/p/origami-pdf) - A tool for |
| analyzing malicious PDFs, and more. |
| * [PDF Tools](https://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/pdf-tools/) - pdfid, |
| pdf-parser, and more from Didier Stevens. |
| * [PDF X-Ray Lite](https://github.com/9b/pdfxray_lite) - A PDF analysis tool, |
| the backend-free version of PDF X-RAY. |
| * [peepdf](http://eternal-todo.com/tools/peepdf-pdf-analysis-tool) - Python |
| tool for exploring possibly malicious PDFs. |
| * [QuickSand](https://www.quicksand.io/) - QuickSand is a compact C framework |
| to analyze suspected malware documents to identify exploits in streams of different |
| encodings and to locate and extract embedded executables. |
| * [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. |
| * [hachoir3](https://github.com/vstinner/hachoir3) - Hachoir is a Python library |
| to view and edit a binary stream field by field. |
| * [Scalpel](https://github.com/sleuthkit/scalpel) - Another data carving |
| tool. |
| * [SFlock](https://github.com/jbremer/sflock) - Nested archive |
| extraction/unpacking (used in Cuckoo Sandbox). |
|
|
| ## Deobfuscation |
|
|
| *Reverse XOR and other code obfuscation methods.* |
|
|
| * [Balbuzard](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/balbuzard/wiki/Home) - A malware |
| analysis tool for reversing obfuscation (XOR, ROL, etc) and more. |
| * [de4dot](https://github.com/0xd4d/de4dot) - .NET deobfuscator and |
| unpacker. |
| * [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. |
| * [FLOSS](https://github.com/fireeye/flare-floss) - The FireEye Labs Obfuscated |
| String Solver uses advanced static analysis techniques to automatically |
| deobfuscate strings from malware binaries. |
| * [NoMoreXOR](https://github.com/hiddenillusion/NoMoreXOR) - Guess a 256 byte |
| XOR key using frequency analysis. |
| * [PackerAttacker](https://github.com/BromiumLabs/PackerAttacker) - A generic |
| hidden code extractor for Windows malware. |
| * [PyInstaller Extractor](https://github.com/extremecoders-re/pyinstxtractor) - |
| A Python script to extract the contents of a PyInstaller generated Windows |
| executable file. The contents of the pyz file (usually pyc files) present |
| inside the executable are also extracted and automatically fixed so that a |
| Python bytecode decompiler will recognize it. |
| * [uncompyle6](https://github.com/rocky/python-uncompyle6/) - A cross-version |
| Python bytecode decompiler. Translates Python bytecode back into equivalent |
| Python source code. |
| * [un{i}packer](https://github.com/unipacker/unipacker) - Automatic and |
| platform-independent unpacker for Windows binaries based on emulation. |
| * [unpacker](https://github.com/malwaremusings/unpacker/) - Automated malware |
| unpacker for Windows malware based on WinAppDbg. |
| * [unxor](https://github.com/tomchop/unxor/) - Guess XOR keys using |
| known-plaintext attacks. |
| * [VirtualDeobfuscator](https://github.com/jnraber/VirtualDeobfuscator) - |
| Reverse engineering tool for virtualization wrappers. |
| * [XORBruteForcer](http://eternal-todo.com/var/scripts/xorbruteforcer) - |
| A Python script for brute forcing single-byte XOR keys. |
| * [XORSearch & XORStrings](https://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/xorsearch/) - |
| A couple programs from Didier Stevens for finding XORed data. |
| * [xortool](https://github.com/hellman/xortool) - Guess XOR key length, as |
| well as the key itself. |
|
|
| ## Debugging and Reverse Engineering |
|
|
| *Disassemblers, debuggers, and other static and dynamic analysis tools.* |
|
|
| * [angr](https://github.com/angr/angr) - Platform-agnostic binary analysis |
| framework developed at UCSB's Seclab. |
| * [bamfdetect](https://github.com/bwall/bamfdetect) - Identifies and extracts |
| information from bots and other malware. |
| * [BAP](https://github.com/BinaryAnalysisPlatform/bap) - Multiplatform and |
| open source (MIT) binary analysis framework developed at CMU's Cylab. |
| * [BARF](https://github.com/programa-stic/barf-project) - Multiplatform, open |
| source Binary Analysis and Reverse engineering Framework. |
| * [binnavi](https://github.com/google/binnavi) - Binary analysis IDE for |
| reverse engineering based on graph visualization. |
| * [Binary ninja](https://binary.ninja/) - A reversing engineering platform |
| that is an alternative to IDA. |
| * [Binwalk](https://github.com/devttys0/binwalk) - Firmware analysis tool. |
| * [BluePill](https://github.com/season-lab/bluepill) - Framework for executing and debugging evasive malware and protected executables. |
| * [Capstone](https://github.com/aquynh/capstone) - Disassembly framework for |
| binary analysis and reversing, with support for many architectures and |
| bindings in several languages. |
| * [codebro](https://github.com/hugsy/codebro) - Web based code browser using |
| clang to provide basic code analysis. |
| * [Cutter](https://github.com/radareorg/cutter) - GUI for Radare2. |
| * [DECAF (Dynamic Executable Code Analysis Framework)](https://github.com/sycurelab/DECAF) |
| - A binary analysis platform based on QEMU. DroidScope is now an extension to DECAF. |
| * [dnSpy](https://github.com/0xd4d/dnSpy) - .NET assembly editor, decompiler |
| and debugger. |
| * [dotPeek](https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/) - Free .NET Decompiler and |
| Assembly Browser. |
| * [Evan's Debugger (EDB)](http://codef00.com/projects#debugger) - A |
| modular debugger with a Qt GUI. |
| * [Fibratus](https://github.com/rabbitstack/fibratus) - Tool for exploration |
| and tracing of the Windows kernel. |
| * [FPort](https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/fport.aspx) - Reports |
| open TCP/IP and UDP ports in a live system and maps them to the owning application. |
| * [GDB](http://www.sourceware.org/gdb/) - The GNU debugger. |
| * [GEF](https://github.com/hugsy/gef) - GDB Enhanced Features, for exploiters |
| and reverse engineers. |
| * [Ghidra](https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra) - A software reverse engineering (SRE) framework created and maintained by the National Security Agency Research Directorate. |
| * [hackers-grep](https://github.com/codypierce/hackers-grep) - A utility to |
| search for strings in PE executables including imports, exports, and debug |
| symbols. |
| * [Hopper](https://www.hopperapp.com/) - The macOS and Linux Disassembler. |
| * [IDA Pro](https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml) - Windows |
| disassembler and debugger, with a free evaluation version. |
| * [IDR](https://github.com/crypto2011/IDR) - Interactive Delphi Reconstructor |
| is a decompiler of Delphi executable files and dynamic libraries. |
| * [Immunity Debugger](http://debugger.immunityinc.com/) - Debugger for |
| malware analysis and more, with a Python API. |
| * [ILSpy](http://ilspy.net/) - ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler. |
| * [Kaitai Struct](http://kaitai.io/) - DSL for file formats / network protocols / |
| data structures reverse engineering and dissection, with code generation |
| for C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby. |
| * [LIEF](https://lief.quarkslab.com/) - LIEF provides a cross-platform library |
| to parse, modify and abstract ELF, PE and MachO formats. |
| * [ltrace](http://ltrace.org/) - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables. |
| * [mac-a-mal](https://github.com/phdphuc/mac-a-mal) - An automated framework |
| for mac malware hunting. |
| * [objdump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objdump) - Part of GNU binutils, |
| for static analysis of Linux binaries. |
| * [OllyDbg](http://www.ollydbg.de/) - An assembly-level debugger for Windows |
| executables. |
| * [OllyDumpEx](https://low-priority.appspot.com/ollydumpex/) - Dump memory |
| from (unpacked) malware Windows process and store raw or rebuild PE file. |
| This is a plugin for OllyDbg, Immunity Debugger, IDA Pro, WinDbg, and x64dbg. |
| * [PANDA](https://github.com/moyix/panda) - Platform for Architecture-Neutral |
| Dynamic Analysis. |
| * [PEDA](https://github.com/longld/peda) - Python Exploit Development |
| Assistance for GDB, an enhanced display with added commands. |
| * [pestudio](https://winitor.com/) - Perform static analysis of Windows |
| executables. |
| * [Pharos](https://github.com/cmu-sei/pharos) - The Pharos binary analysis framework |
| can be used to perform automated static analysis of binaries. |
| * [plasma](https://github.com/plasma-disassembler/plasma) - Interactive |
| disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. |
| * [PPEE (puppy)](https://www.mzrst.com/) - A Professional PE file Explorer for |
| reversers, malware researchers and those who want to statically inspect PE |
| files in more detail. |
| * [Process Explorer](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer) - |
| Advanced task manager for Windows. |
| * [Process Hacker](http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/) - Tool that monitors |
| system resources. |
| * [Process Monitor](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) - |
| Advanced monitoring tool for Windows programs. |
| * [PSTools](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pstools) - Windows |
| command-line tools that help manage and investigate live systems. |
| * [Pyew](https://github.com/joxeankoret/pyew) - Python tool for malware |
| analysis. |
| * [PyREBox](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/pyrebox) - Python scriptable reverse |
| engineering sandbox by the Talos team at Cisco. |
| * [Qiling Framework](https://www.qiling.io/) - Cross platform emulation and sanboxing |
| framework with instruments for binary analysis. |
| * [QKD](https://github.com/ispras/qemu/releases/) - QEMU with embedded WinDbg |
| server for stealth debugging. |
| * [Radare2](http://www.radare.org/r/) - Reverse engineering framework, with |
| debugger support. |
| * [RegShot](https://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/) - Registry compare utility |
| that compares snapshots. |
| * [RetDec](https://retdec.com/) - Retargetable machine-code decompiler with an |
| [online decompilation service](https://retdec.com/decompilation/) and |
| [API](https://retdec.com/api/) that you can use in your tools. |
| * [ROPMEMU](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/ROPMEMU) - A framework to analyze, dissect |
| and decompile complex code-reuse attacks. |
| * [Scylla Imports Reconstructor](https://github.com/NtQuery/Scylla) - Find and fix |
| the IAT of an unpacked / dumped PE32 malware. |
| * [ScyllaHide](https://github.com/x64dbg/ScyllaHide) - An Anti-Anti-Debug library |
| and plugin for OllyDbg, x64dbg, IDA Pro, and TitanEngine. |
| * [SMRT](https://github.com/pidydx/SMRT) - Sublime Malware Research Tool, a |
| plugin for Sublime 3 to aid with malware analyis. |
| * [strace](https://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/) - Dynamic analysis for |
| Linux executables. |
| * [StringSifter](https://github.com/fireeye/stringsifter) - A machine learning tool |
| that automatically ranks strings based on their relevance for malware analysis. |
| * [Triton](https://triton.quarkslab.com/) - A dynamic binary analysis (DBA) framework. |
| * [Udis86](https://github.com/vmt/udis86) - Disassembler library and tool |
| for x86 and x86_64. |
| * [Vivisect](https://github.com/vivisect/vivisect) - Python tool for |
| malware analysis. |
| * [WinDbg](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/download-windbg) - multipurpose debugger for the Microsoft Windows computer operating system, used to debug user mode applications, device drivers, and the kernel-mode memory dumps. |
| * [X64dbg](https://github.com/x64dbg/) - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows. |
| |
| ## Network |
| |
| *Analyze network interactions.* |
| |
| * [Bro](https://www.bro.org) - Protocol analyzer that operates at incredible |
| scale; both file and network protocols. |
| * [BroYara](https://github.com/hempnall/broyara) - Use Yara rules from Bro. |
| * [CapTipper](https://github.com/omriher/CapTipper) - Malicious HTTP traffic |
| explorer. |
| * [chopshop](https://github.com/MITRECND/chopshop) - Protocol analysis and |
| decoding framework. |
| * [CloudShark](https://www.cloudshark.org) - Web-based tool for packet analysis |
| and malware traffic detection. |
| * [FakeNet-NG](https://github.com/fireeye/flare-fakenet-ng) - Next generation |
| dynamic network analysis tool. |
| * [Fiddler](https://www.telerik.com/fiddler) - Intercepting web proxy designed |
| for "web debugging." |
| * [Hale](https://github.com/pjlantz/Hale) - Botnet C&C monitor. |
| * [Haka](http://www.haka-security.org/) - An open source security oriented |
| language for describing protocols and applying security policies on (live) |
| captured traffic. |
| * [HTTPReplay](https://github.com/jbremer/httpreplay) - Library for parsing |
| and reading out PCAP files, including TLS streams using TLS Master Secrets |
| (used in Cuckoo Sandbox). |
| * [INetSim](http://www.inetsim.org/) - Network service emulation, useful when |
| building a malware lab. |
| * [Laika BOSS](https://github.com/lmco/laikaboss) - Laika BOSS is a file-centric |
| malware analysis and intrusion detection system. |
| * [Malcolm](https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm) - Malcolm is a powerful, easily |
| deployable network traffic analysis tool suite for full packet capture artifacts |
| (PCAP files) and Zeek logs. |
| * [Malcom](https://github.com/tomchop/malcom) - Malware Communications |
| Analyzer. |
| * [Maltrail](https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail) - A malicious traffic |
| detection system, utilizing publicly available (black)lists containing |
| malicious and/or generally suspicious trails and featuring an reporting |
| and analysis interface. |
| * [mitmproxy](https://mitmproxy.org/) - Intercept network traffic on the fly. |
| * [Moloch](https://github.com/aol/moloch) - IPv4 traffic capturing, indexing |
| and database system. |
| * [NetworkMiner](http://www.netresec.com/?page=NetworkMiner) - Network |
| forensic analysis tool, with a free version. |
| * [ngrep](https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep) - Search through network traffic |
| like grep. |
| * [PcapViz](https://github.com/mateuszk87/PcapViz) - Network topology and |
| traffic visualizer. |
| * [Python ICAP Yara](https://github.com/RamadhanAmizudin/python-icap-yara) - An |
| ICAP Server with yara scanner for URL or content. |
| * [Squidmagic](https://github.com/ch3k1/squidmagic) - squidmagic is a tool |
| designed to analyze a web-based network traffic to detect central command |
| and control (C&C) servers and malicious sites, using Squid proxy server and |
| Spamhaus. |
| * [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. |
| |
| ## Memory Forensics |
| |
| *Tools for dissecting malware in memory images or running systems.* |
| |
| * [BlackLight](https://www.blackbagtech.com/blacklight.html) - Windows/MacOS |
| forensics client supporting hiberfil, pagefile, raw memory analysis. |
| * [DAMM](https://github.com/504ensicsLabs/DAMM) - Differential Analysis of |
| Malware in Memory, built on Volatility. |
| * [evolve](https://github.com/JamesHabben/evolve) - Web interface for the |
| Volatility Memory Forensics Framework. |
| * [FindAES](https://sourceforge.net/projects/findaes/) - Find AES |
| encryption keys in memory. |
| * [inVtero.net](https://github.com/ShaneK2/inVtero.net) - High speed memory |
| analysis framework developed in .NET supports all Windows x64, includes |
| code integrity and write support. |
| * [Muninn](https://github.com/ytisf/muninn) - A script to automate portions |
| of analysis using Volatility, and create a readable report. |
| [Orochi](https://github.com/LDO-CERT/orochi) - Orochi is an open source framework for |
| collaborative forensic memory dump analysis. |
| * [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. |
| * [VolDiff](https://github.com/aim4r/VolDiff) - Run Volatility on memory |
| images before and after malware execution, and report changes. |
| * [Volatility](https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility) - Advanced |
| memory forensics framework. |
| * [VolUtility](https://github.com/kevthehermit/VolUtility) - Web Interface for |
| Volatility Memory Analysis framework. |
| * [WDBGARK](https://github.com/swwwolf/wdbgark) - |
| WinDBG Anti-RootKit Extension. |
| * [WinDbg](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-driver-kit) - |
| Live memory inspection and kernel debugging for Windows systems. |
| |
| ## Windows Artifacts |
| |
| * [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. |
| * [RegRipper](http://brettshavers.cc/index.php/brettsblog/tags/tag/regripper/) |
| ([GitHub](https://github.com/keydet89/RegRipper2.8)) - |
| Plugin-based registry analysis tool. |
| |
| ## Storage and Workflow |
| |
| * [Aleph](https://github.com/merces/aleph) - Open Source Malware Analysis |
| Pipeline System. |
| * [CRITs](https://crits.github.io/) - Collaborative Research Into Threats, a |
| malware and threat repository. |
| * [FAME](https://certsocietegenerale.github.io/fame/) - A malware analysis |
| framework featuring a pipeline that can be extended with custom modules, |
| which can be chained and interact with each other to perform end-to-end |
| analysis. |
| * [Malwarehouse](https://github.com/sroberts/malwarehouse) - Store, tag, and |
| search malware. |
| * [Polichombr](https://github.com/ANSSI-FR/polichombr) - A malware analysis |
| platform designed to help analysts to reverse malwares collaboratively. |
| * [stoQ](http://stoq.punchcyber.com) - Distributed content analysis |
| framework with extensive plugin support, from input to output, and everything |
| in between. |
| * [Viper](http://viper.li/) - A binary management and analysis framework for |
| analysts and researchers. |
| |
| ## Miscellaneous |
| |
| * [al-khaser](https://github.com/LordNoteworthy/al-khaser) - A PoC malware |
| with good intentions that aimes to stress anti-malware systems. |
| * [CryptoKnight](https://github.com/AbertayMachineLearningGroup/CryptoKnight) - Automated cryptographic algorithm reverse engineering and classification framework. |
| * [DC3-MWCP](https://github.com/Defense-Cyber-Crime-Center/DC3-MWCP) - |
| The Defense Cyber Crime Center's Malware Configuration Parser framework. |
| * [FLARE VM](https://github.com/fireeye/flare-vm) - A fully customizable, |
| Windows-based, security distribution for malware analysis. |
| * [MalSploitBase](https://github.com/misterch0c/malSploitBase) - A database |
| containing exploits used by malware. |
| * [Malware Museum](https://archive.org/details/malwaremuseum) - Collection of |
| malware programs that were distributed in the 1980s and 1990s. |
| * [Malware Organiser](https://github.com/uppusaikiran/malware-organiser) - A simple tool to organise large malicious/benign files into a organised Structure. |
| * [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. |
| * [REMnux](https://remnux.org/) - Linux distribution and docker images for |
| malware reverse engineering and analysis. |
| * [Tsurugi Linux](https://tsurugi-linux.org/) - Linux distribution designed to support your DFIR investigations, malware analysis and OSINT (Open Source INTelligence) activities. |
| * [Santoku Linux](https://santoku-linux.com/) - Linux distribution for mobile |
| forensics, malware analysis, and security. |
| |
| # Resources |
| |
| ## Books |
| |
| *Essential malware analysis reading material.* |
| |
| * [Learning Malware Analysis](https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/learning-malware-analysis) - Learning Malware Analysis: Explore the concepts, tools, and techniques to analuze and investigate Windows malware |
| * [Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD](https://amzn.com/dp/0470613033) - |
| Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code. |
| * [Mastering Malware Analysis](https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/mastering-malware-analysis) - Mastering Malware Analysis: The complete malware analyst's guide to combating malicious software, APT, cybercime, and IoT attacks |
| * [Mastering Reverse Engineering](https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/mastering-reverse-engineering) - Mastering Reverse Engineering: Re-engineer your ethical hacking skills |
| * [Practical Malware Analysis](https://amzn.com/dp/1593272901) - The Hands-On |
| Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software. |
| * [Practical Reverse Engineering](https://www.amzn.com/dp/1118787315/) - |
| Intermediate Reverse Engineering. |
| * [Real Digital Forensics](https://www.amzn.com/dp/0321240693) - Computer |
| Security and Incident Response. |
| * [Rootkits and Bootkits](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593277164) - Rootkits and Bootkits: Reversing Modern Malware and Next Generation Threats |
| * [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. |
| * [The Rootkit Arsenal](https://amzn.com/dp/144962636X) - The Rootkit Arsenal: |
| Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System |
| |
| ## Other |
| |
| * [APT Notes](https://github.com/aptnotes/data) - A collection of papers |
| and notes related to Advanced Persistent Threats. |
| * [Ember](https://github.com/endgameinc/ember) - Endgame Malware BEnchmark for Research, |
| a repository that makes it easy to (re)create a machine learning model that can be used |
| to predict a score for a PE file based on static analysis. |
| * [File Formats posters](https://github.com/corkami/pics) - Nice visualization |
| of commonly used file format (including PE & ELF). |
| * [Honeynet Project](http://honeynet.org/) - Honeypot tools, papers, and |
| other resources. |
| * [Kernel Mode](http://www.kernelmode.info/forum/) - An active community |
| devoted to malware analysis and kernel development. |
| * [Malicious Software](https://zeltser.com/malicious-software/) - Malware |
| blog and resources by Lenny Zeltser. |
| * [Malware Analysis Search](https://cse.google.com/cse/home?cx=011750002002865445766%3Apc60zx1rliu) - |
| Custom Google search engine from [Corey Harrell](journeyintoir.blogspot.com/). |
| * [Malware Analysis Tutorials](http://fumalwareanalysis.blogspot.nl/p/malware-analysis-tutorials-reverse.html) - |
| The Malware Analysis Tutorials by Dr. Xiang Fu, a great resource for learning |
| practical malware analysis. |
| * [Malware Analysis, Threat Intelligence and Reverse Engineering](https://www.slideshare.net/bartblaze/malware-analysis-threat-intelligence-and-reverse-engineering) - |
| Presentation introducing the concepts of malware analysis, threat intelligence |
| and reverse engineering. Experience or prior knowledge is not required. Labs |
| link in description. |
| * [Malware Persistence](https://github.com/Karneades/malware-persistence) - Collection |
| of various information focused on malware persistence: detection (techniques), |
| response, pitfalls and the log collection (tools). |
| * [Malware Samples and Traffic](http://malware-traffic-analysis.net/) - This |
| blog focuses on network traffic related to malware infections. |
| * [Malware Search+++](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/malware-search-plusplusplus/) Firefox extension allows |
| you to easily search some of the most popular malware databases |
| * [Practical Malware Analysis Starter Kit](https://bluesoul.me/practical-malware-analysis-starter-kit/) - |
| This package contains most of the software referenced in the Practical Malware |
| Analysis book. |
| * [RPISEC Malware Analysis](https://github.com/RPISEC/Malware) - These are the |
| course materials used in the Malware Analysis course at at Rensselaer Polytechnic |
| Institute during Fall 2015. |
| * [WindowsIR: Malware](http://windowsir.blogspot.com/p/malware.html) - Harlan |
| Carvey's page on Malware. |
| * [Windows Registry specification](https://github.com/msuhanov/regf/blob/master/Windows%20registry%20file%20format%20specification.md) - |
| Windows registry file format specification. |
| * [/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. |
| * [/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. |
| |
| |
| |
| # Related Awesome Lists |
| |
| * [Android Security](https://github.com/ashishb/android-security-awesome) |
| * [AppSec](https://github.com/paragonie/awesome-appsec) |
| * [CTFs](https://github.com/apsdehal/awesome-ctf) |
| * [Executable Packing](https://github.com/dhondta/awesome-executable-packing) |
| * [Forensics](https://github.com/Cugu/awesome-forensics) |
| * ["Hacking"](https://github.com/carpedm20/awesome-hacking) |
| * [Honeypots](https://github.com/paralax/awesome-honeypots) |
| * [Industrial Control System Security](https://github.com/hslatman/awesome-industrial-control-system-security) |
| * [Incident-Response](https://github.com/meirwah/awesome-incident-response) |
| * [Infosec](https://github.com/onlurking/awesome-infosec) |
| * [PCAP Tools](https://github.com/caesar0301/awesome-pcaptools) |
| * [Pentesting](https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-pentest) |
| * [Security](https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security) |
| * [Threat Intelligence](https://github.com/hslatman/awesome-threat-intelligence) |
| * [YARA](https://github.com/InQuest/awesome-yara) |
| |
| # [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) |
| |
| Pull requests and issues with suggestions are welcome! Please read the |
| [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines before submitting a PR. |
| |
| # 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! |
| |
