Awesome Malware Analysis

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Malware Collection

Anonymizers

Web traffic anonymizers for analysts.

Anonymouse.org - A free, web based anonymizer.
OpenVPN - VPN software and hosting solutions.
Privoxy - An open source proxy server with some privacy features.
Tor - The Onion Router, for browsing the web without leaving traces of the client IP.

Honeypots

Trap and collect your own samples.

Conpot - ICS/SCADA honeypot.
Cowrie - SSH honeypot, based on Kippo. Dionaea - Honeypot designed to trap malware.
Glastopf - Web application honeypot.
Honeyd - Create a virtual honeynet.
HoneyDrive - Honeypot bundle Linux distro.
Mnemosyne - A normalizer for honeypot data; supports Dionaea.
Thug - Low interaction honeyclient, for investigating malicious websites.

Malware Corpora

Malware samples collected for analysis.

Clean MX - Realtime database of malware and malicious domains.
Contagio - A collection of recent malware samples and analyses.
Exploit Database - Exploit and shellcode samples.
Malshare - Large repository of malware actively scrapped from malicious sites. samples directly from a number of online sources.
MalwareDB - Malware samples repository.
Open Malware Project - Sample information and downloads. Formerly Offensive Computing.
Ragpicker - Plugin based malware crawler with pre-analysis and reporting functionalities
theZoo - Live malware samples for analysts.
Tracker h3x - Agregator for malware corpus tracker and malicious download sites.
ViruSign - Malware database that detected by many anti malware programs except ClamAV.
VirusShare - Malware repository, registration required.
VX Vault - Active collection of malware samples.
Zeltser's Sources - A list of malware sample sources put together by Lenny Zeltser.
Zeus Source Code - Source for the Zeus trojan leaked in 2011.

Open Source Threat Intelligence

Tools

Harvest and analyze IOCs.

AbuseHelper - An open-source framework for receiving and redistributing abuse feeds and threat intel.
AlienVault Open Threat Exchange - Share and collaborate in developing Threat Intelligence.
Combine - Tool to gather Threat Intelligence indicators from publicly available sources.
Fileintel - Pull intelligence per file hash.
Hostintel - Pull intelligence per host.
IntelMQ - A tool for CERTs for processing incident data using a message queue.
IOC Editor - A free editor for XML IOC files.
ioc_writer - Python library for working with OpenIOC objects, from Mandiant.
Massive Octo Spice - Previously known as CIF (Collective Intelligence Framework). Aggregates IOCs from various lists. Curated by the CSIRT Gadgets Foundation.
MISP - Malware Information Sharing Platform curated by The MISP Project.
PassiveTotal - Research, connect, tag and share IPs and domains.
PyIOCe - A Python OpenIOC editor.
threataggregator - Aggregates security threats from a number of sources, including some of those listed below in other resources.
ThreatCrowd - A search engine for threats, with graphical visualization.
ThreatTracker - A Python script to monitor and generate alerts based on IOCs indexed by a set of Google Custom Search Engines.
TIQ-test - Data visualization and statistical analysis of Threat Intelligence feeds.

Other Resources

Threat intelligence and IOC resources.

Autoshun (list) - Snort plugin and blocklist.
Bambenek Consulting Feeds - OSINT feeds based on malicious DGA algorithms.
Fidelis Barncat - Extensive malware config database (must request access).
CI Army (list) - Network security blocklists.
Critical Stack- Free Intel Market - Free intel aggregator with deduplication featuring 90+ feeds and over 1.2M indicators.
Cybercrime tracker - Multiple botnet active tracker.
FireEye IOCs - Indicators of Compromise shared publicly by FireEye.
FireHOL IP Lists - 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.
hpfeeds - Honeypot feed protocol.
Internet Storm Center (DShield) - Diary and searchable incident database, with a web API (unofficial Python library).
malc0de - Searchable incident database.
Malware Domain List - Search and share malicious URLs.
Metadefender.com Threat Intelligence Feeds - List of the most looked up file hashes from Metadefender.com malware feed.
OpenIOC - Framework for sharing threat intelligence.
Palevo Blocklists - Botnet C&C blocklists.
Proofpoint Threat Intelligence - Rulesets and more. (Formerly Emerging Threats.)
Ransomware overview - A list of ransomware overview with details, detection and prevention.
STIX - Structured Threat Information eXpression - Standardized language to represent and share cyber threat information. Related efforts from MITRE:
- CAPEC - Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
- CybOX - Cyber Observables eXpression
- MAEC - Malware Attribute Enumeration and Characterization
- TAXII - Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information
threatRECON - Search for indicators, up to 1000 free per month.
Yara rules - Yara rules repository.
ZeuS Tracker - ZeuS blocklists.

Detection and Classification

Antivirus and other malware identification tools

AnalyzePE - Wrapper for a variety of tools for reporting on Windows PE files.
BinaryAlert - An open source, serverless AWS pipeline that scans and alerts on uploaded files based on a set of YARA rules.
chkrootkit - Local Linux rootkit detection.
ClamAV - Open source antivirus engine.
Detect-It-Easy - A program for determining types of files.
ExifTool - Read, write and edit file metadata.
File Scanning Framework - Modular, recursive file scanning solution.
hashdeep - Compute digest hashes with a variety of algorithms.
Loki - Host based scanner for IOCs.
Malfunction - Catalog and compare malware at a function level.
MASTIFF - Static analysis framework.
MultiScanner - Modular file scanning/analysis framework
nsrllookup - A tool for looking up hashes in NIST's National Software Reference Library database.
packerid - A cross-platform Python alternative to PEiD.
PEV - A multiplatform toolkit to work with PE files, providing feature-rich tools for proper analysis of suspicious binaries.
Rootkit Hunter - Detect Linux rootkits.
ssdeep - Compute fuzzy hashes.
totalhash.py - Python script for easy searching of the TotalHash.cymru.com database.
TrID - File identifier.
YARA - Pattern matching tool for analysts.
Yara rules generator - Generate yara rules based on a set of malware samples. Also contains a good strings DB to avoid false positives.

Online Scanners and Sandboxes

Web-based multi-AV scanners, and malware sandboxes for automated analysis.

APK Analyzer - Free dynamic analysis of APKs.
AndroTotal - Free online analysis of APKs against multiple mobile antivirus apps.
AVCaesar - Malware.lu online scanner and malware repository.
Cryptam - Analyze suspicious office documents.
Cuckoo Sandbox - Open source, self hosted sandbox and automated analysis system.
cuckoo-modified - Modified version of Cuckoo Sandbox released under the GPL. Not merged upstream due to legal concerns by the author.
cuckoo-modified-api - A Python API used to control a cuckoo-modified sandbox.
DeepViz - Multi-format file analyzer with machine-learning classification.
detux - A sandbox developed to do traffic analysis of Linux malwares and capturing IOCs.
Document Analyzer - Free dynamic analysis of DOC and PDF files.
DRAKVUF - Dynamic malware analysis system.
File Analyzer - Free dynamic analysis of PE files.
firmware.re - Unpacks, scans and analyzes almost any firmware package.
Hybrid Analysis - Online malware analysis tool, powered by VxSandbox.
IRMA - An asynchronous and customizable analysis platform for suspicious files.
Joe Sandbox - Deep malware analysis with Joe Sandbox.
Jotti - Free online multi-AV scanner.
Limon - Sandbox for Analyzing Linux Malwares
Malheur - Automatic sandboxed analysis of malware behavior.
malsub - A Python RESTful API framework for online malware and URL analysis services.
Malware config - Extract, decode and display online the configuration settings from common malwares.
Malwr - Free analysis with an online Cuckoo Sandbox instance.
MASTIFF Online - Online static analysis of malware.
Metadefender.com - Scan a file, hash or IP address for malware (free)
NetworkTotal - 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 - Uses Sysinternals Procmon to collect information about malware in a sandboxed environment.
PDF Examiner - Analyse suspicious PDF files.
ProcDot - A graphical malware analysis tool kit.
Recomposer - A helper script for safely uploading binaries to sandbox sites.
Sand droid - Automatic and complete Android application analysis system.
SEE - Sandboxed Execution Environment (SEE) is a framework for building test automation in secured Environments.
URL Analyzer - Free dynamic analysis of URL files.
VirusTotal - Free online analysis of malware samples and URLs
Visualize_Logs - Open source visualization library and command line tools for logs. (Cuckoo, Procmon, more to come...)
Zeltser's List - Free automated sandboxes and services, compiled by Lenny Zeltser.

Domain Analysis

Inspect domains and IP addresses.

boomerang - A tool designed for consistent and safe capture of off network web resources.
Desenmascara.me - One click tool to retrieve as much metadata as possible for a website and to assess its good standing.
Dig - Free online dig and other network tools.
dnstwist - Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage.
IPinfo - Gather information about an IP or domain by searching online resources.
Machinae - OSINT tool for gathering information about URLs, IPs, or hashes. Similar to Automator.
mailchecker - Cross-language temporary email detection library.
MaltegoVT - Maltego transform for the VirusTotal API. Allows domain/IP research, and searching for file hashes and scan reports.
Multi rbl - Multiple DNS blacklist and forward confirmed reverse DNS lookup over more than 300 RBLs.
NormShield Services - Free API Services for detecting possible phishing domains, blacklisted ip addresses and breached accounts.
SenderBase - Search for IP, domain or network owner.
SpamCop - IP based spam block list.
SpamHaus - Block list based on domains and IPs.
Sucuri SiteCheck - Free Website Malware and Security Scanner.
TekDefense Automater - OSINT tool for gathering information about URLs, IPs, or hashes.
URLQuery - Free URL Scanner.
Whois - DomainTools free online whois search.
Zeltser's List - Free online tools for researching malicious websites, compiled by Lenny Zeltser.
ZScalar Zulu - Zulu URL Risk Analyzer.

Browser Malware

Analyze malicious URLs. See also the domain analysis and documents and shellcode sections.

Firebug - Firefox extension for web development.
Java Decompiler - Decompile and inspect Java apps.
Java IDX Parser - Parses Java IDX cache files.
JSDetox - JavaScript malware analysis tool.
jsunpack-n - A javascript unpacker that emulates browser functionality.
Krakatau - Java decompiler, assembler, and disassembler.
Malzilla - Analyze malicious web pages.
RABCDAsm - A "Robust ActionScript Bytecode Disassembler."
swftools - Tools for working with Adobe Flash files.
xxxswf - 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 section.

AnalyzePDF - A tool for analyzing PDFs and attempting to determine whether they are malicious.
box-js - A tool for studying JavaScript malware, featuring JScript/WScript support and ActiveX emulation.
diStorm - Disassembler for analyzing malicious shellcode.
JS Beautifier - JavaScript unpacking and deobfuscation.
JS Deobfuscator - Deobfuscate simple Javascript that use eval or document.write to conceal its code.
libemu - Library and tools for x86 shellcode emulation.
malpdfobj - Deconstruct malicious PDFs into a JSON representation.
OfficeMalScanner - Scan for malicious traces in MS Office documents.
olevba - A script for parsing OLE and OpenXML documents and extracting useful information.
Origami PDF - A tool for analyzing malicious PDFs, and more.
PDF Tools - pdfid, pdf-parser, and more from Didier Stevens.
PDF X-Ray Lite - A PDF analysis tool, the backend-free version of PDF X-RAY.
peepdf - Python tool for exploring possibly malicious PDFs.
QuickSand - 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 - Mozilla's JavaScript engine, for debugging malicious JS.

File Carving

For extracting files from inside disk and memory images.

bulk_extractor - Fast file carving tool.
EVTXtract - Carve Windows Event Log files from raw binary data.
Foremost - File carving tool designed by the US Air Force.
Hachoir - A collection of Python libraries for dealing with binary files.
Scalpel - Another data carving tool.

Deobfuscation

Reverse XOR and other code obfuscation methods.

Balbuzard - A malware analysis tool for reversing obfuscation (XOR, ROL, etc) and more.
de4dot - .NET deobfuscator and unpacker.
ex_pe_xor & iheartxor - Two tools from Alexander Hanel for working with single-byte XOR encoded files.
FLOSS - The FireEye Labs Obfuscated String Solver uses advanced static analysis techniques to automatically deobfuscate strings from malware binaries.
NoMoreXOR - Guess a 256 byte XOR key using frequency analysis.
PackerAttacker - A generic hidden code extractor for Windows malware.
unpacker - Automated malware unpacker for Windows malware based on WinAppDbg.
unxor - Guess XOR keys using known-plaintext attacks.
VirtualDeobfuscator - Reverse engineering tool for virtualization wrappers.
XORBruteForcer - A Python script for brute forcing single-byte XOR keys.
XORSearch & XORStrings - A couple programs from Didier Stevens for finding XORed data.
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 - Platform-agnostic binary analysis framework developed at UCSB's Seclab.
bamfdetect - Identifies and extracts information from bots and other malware.
BAP - Multiplatform and open source (MIT) binary analysis framework developed at CMU's Cylab.
BARF - Multiplatform, open source Binary Analysis and Reverse engineering Framework.
binnavi - Binary analysis IDE for reverse engineering based on graph visualization.
Binary ninja - A reversing engineering platform that is an alternative to IDA.
Binwalk - Firmware analysis tool.
Bokken - GUI for Pyew and Radare. (mirror)
Capstone - Disassembly framework for binary analysis and reversing, with support for many architectures and bindings in several languages.
codebro - Web based code browser using clang to provide basic code analysis.
dnSpy - .NET assembly editor, decompiler and debugger.
Evan's Debugger (EDB) - A modular debugger with a Qt GUI.
Fibratus - Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel.
FPort - Reports open TCP/IP and UDP ports in a live system and maps them to the owning application.
GDB - The GNU debugger.
GEF - GDB Enhanced Features, for exploiters and reverse engineers.
hackers-grep - A utility to search for strings in PE executables including imports, exports, and debug symbols.
IDA Pro - Windows disassembler and debugger, with a free evaluation version.
Immunity Debugger - Debugger for malware analysis and more, with a Python API.
Kaitai Struct - 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 - LIEF provides a cross-platform library to parse, modify and abstract ELF, PE and MachO formats.
ltrace - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
objdump - Part of GNU binutils, for static analysis of Linux binaries.
OllyDbg - An assembly-level debugger for Windows executables.
PANDA - Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis
PEDA - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB, an enhanced display with added commands.
pestudio - Perform static analysis of Windows executables.
plasma - Interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS.
PPEE (puppy) - A Professional PE file Explorer for reversers, malware researchers and those who want to statically inspect PE files in more detail.
Process Explorer - Advanced task manager for Windows.
Process Hacker - Tool that monitors system resources.
Process Monitor - Advanced monitoring tool for Windows programs.
PSTools - Windows command-line tools that help manage and investigate live systems.
Pyew - Python tool for malware analysis.
QKD - QEMU with embedded WinDbg server for stealth debugging.
Radare2 - Reverse engineering framework, with debugger support.
RegShot - Registry compare utility that compares snapshots.
RetDec - Retargetable machine-code decompiler with an online decompilation service and API that you can use in your tools.
ROPMEMU - A framework to analyze, dissect and decompile complex code-reuse attacks.
SMRT - Sublime Malware Research Tool, a plugin for Sublime 3 to aid with malware analyis.
strace - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
Triton - A dynamic binary analysis (DBA) framework.
Udis86 - Disassembler library and tool for x86 and x86_64.
Vivisect - Python tool for malware analysis.
X64dbg - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows.

Network

Analyze network interactions.

Bro - Protocol analyzer that operates at incredible scale; both file and network protocols.
BroYara - Use Yara rules from Bro.
CapTipper - Malicious HTTP traffic explorer.
chopshop - Protocol analysis and decoding framework.
CloudShark - Web-based tool for packet analysis and malware traffic detection.
Fiddler - Intercepting web proxy designed for "web debugging."
Hale - Botnet C&C monitor.
Haka - An open source security oriented language for describing protocols and applying security policies on (live) captured traffic.
INetSim - Network service emulation, useful when building a malware lab.
Laika BOSS - Laika BOSS is a file-centric malware analysis and intrusion detection system.
Malcom - Malware Communications Analyzer.
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 - Intercept network traffic on the fly.
Moloch - IPv4 traffic capturing, indexing and database system.
NetworkMiner - Network forensic analysis tool, with a free version.
ngrep - Search through network traffic like grep.
PcapViz - Network topology and traffic visualizer.
Python ICAP Yara - An ICAP Server with yara scanner for URL or content.
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 - Collect network traffic.
tcpick - Trach and reassemble TCP streams from network traffic.
tcpxtract - Extract files from network traffic.
Wireshark - The network traffic analysis tool.

Memory Forensics

Tools for dissecting malware in memory images or running systems.

BlackLight - Windows/MacOS forensics client supporting hiberfil, pagefile, raw memory analysis
DAMM - Differential Analysis of Malware in Memory, built on Volatility
evolve - Web interface for the Volatility Memory Forensics Framework.
FindAES - Find AES encryption keys in memory.
inVtero.net - High speed memory analysis framework developed in .NET supports all Windows x64, includes code integrity and write support.
Muninn - A script to automate portions of analysis using Volatility, and create a readable report.
Rekall - Memory analysis framework, forked from Volatility in 2013.
TotalRecall - Script based on Volatility for automating various malware analysis tasks.
VolDiff - Run Volatility on memory images before and after malware execution, and report changes.
Volatility - Advanced memory forensics framework.
VolUtility - Web Interface for Volatility Memory Analysis framework.
WDBGARK - WinDBG Anti-RootKit Extension.
WinDbg - Live memory inspection and kernel debugging for Windows systems.

Windows Artifacts

AChoir - A live incident response script for gathering Windows artifacts.
python-evt - Python library for parsing Windows Event Logs.
python-registry - Python library for parsing registry files.
RegRipper (GitHub) - Plugin-based registry analysis tool.

Storage and Workflow

Aleph - Open Source Malware Analysis Pipeline System.
CRITs - Collaborative Research Into Threats, a malware and threat repository.
FAME - FAME is a malware analysis framework. It features a pipeline that can be extended with custom modules that can be chained and interact with each other to perform end-to-end analysis.
Malwarehouse - Store, tag, and search malware.
Polichombr - A malware analysis platform designed to help analysts to reverse malwares collaboratively.
stoQ - Distributed content analysis framework with extensive plugin support, from input to output, and everything in between.
Viper - A binary management and analysis framework for analysts and researchers.

Miscellaneous

al-khaser - A PoC malware with good intentions that aimes to stress anti-malware systems.
Binarly - Search engine for bytes in a large corpus of malware.
DC3-MWCP - The Defense Cyber Crime Center's Malware Configuration Parser framework.
FLARE VM - A fully customizable, Windows-based, security distribution for malware analysis.
MalSploitBase - A database containing exploits used by malware.
Malware Museum - Collection of malware programs that were distributed in the 1980s and 1990s.
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 - Linux distribution and docker images for malware reverse engineering and analysis.
Santoku Linux - Linux distribution for mobile forensics, malware analysis, and security.

Resources

Books

Essential malware analysis reading material.

Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD - Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code.
Practical Malware Analysis - The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software.
Practical Reverse Engineering - Intermediate Reverse Engineering
Real Digital Forensics - Computer Security and Incident Response
The Art of Memory Forensics - Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory.
The IDA Pro Book - The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler.
The Rootkit Arsenal - The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System

Twitter

Some relevant Twitter accounts.

Adamb @Hexacorn
Andrew Case @attrc
Binni Shah @binitamshah
Claudio @botherder
Dustin Webber @mephux
Glenn @hiddenillusion
jekil @jekil
Jurriaan Bremer @skier_t
Lenny Zeltser @lennyzeltser
Liam Randall @hectaman
Mark Schloesser @repmovsb
Michael Ligh (MHL) @iMHLv2
Monnappa @monnappa22
Open Malware @OpenMalware
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity
Volatility @volatility

Other

APT Notes - A collection of papers and notes related to Advanced Persistent Threats.
File Formats posters - Nice visualization of commonly used file format (including PE & ELF).
Honeynet Project - Honeypot tools, papers, and other resources.
Kernel Mode - An active community devoted to malware analysis and kernel development.
Malicious Software - Malware blog and resources by Lenny Zeltser.
Malware Analysis Search - Custom Google search engine from Corey Harrell.
Malware Analysis Tutorials - The Malware Analysis Tutorials by Dr. Xiang Fu, a great resource for learning practical malware analysis.
Malware Samples and Traffic - This blog focuses on network traffic related to malware infections.
Practical Malware Analysis Starter Kit - This package contains most of the software referenced in the Practical Malware Analysis book.
RPISEC Malware Analysis - These are the course materials used in the Malware Analysis course at at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during Fall 2015.
WindowsIR: Malware - Harlan Carvey's page on Malware.
Windows Registry specification - Windows registry file format specification.
/r/csirt_tools - Subreddit for CSIRT tools and resources, with a malware analysis flair.
/r/Malware - The malware subreddit.
/r/ReverseEngineering - Reverse engineering subreddit, not limited to just malware.

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Contributing

Pull requests and issues with suggestions are welcome! Please read the CONTRIBUTING 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!

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