Awesome Malware Analysis

A curated list of awesome malware analysis tools and resources. Inspired by awesome-python and awesome-php.

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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.
Dionaea - Honeypot designed to trap malware.
Glastopf - Web application honeypot.
Honeyd - Create a virtual honeynet.
HoneyDrive - Honeypot bundle Linux distro.
Kippo - Medium interaction SSH honeypot.
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.
maltrieve - Retrieve malware samples directly from a number of online sources.
MalwareDB - Malware samples repository.
theZoo - Live malware samples for analysts.
ViruSign - Malware database that detected by many anti malware programs except ClamAV.
VirusShare - Malware repository, registration
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. required.

Open Source Threat Intelligence

Tools

Harvest and analyze IOCs.

Combine - Tool to gather Threat Intelligence indicators from publicly available sources.
IntelMQ - A tool for CERTs for processing incident data using a message queue.
IOC Editor - A free editor for XML IOC files, from Mandiant.
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.
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.
TIQ-test - Data visualization and statistical analysis of Threat Intelligence feeds.

Other Resources

Threat intelligence and IOC resources.

Autoshun (list) - Snort plugin and blocklist.
CI Army (list) - Network security blocklists.
Critical Stack- Free Intel Market - Free intel aggregator with deduplication featuring 90+ feeds and over 1.2M indicators.
CRDF ThreatCenter - List of new threats detected by CRDF anti-malware.
Emerging Threats - Rulesets and more.
FireEye IOCs - Indicators of Compromise shared publicly by FireEye.
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.
OpenIOC - Framework for sharing threat intelligence.
Palevo Blocklists - Botnet C&C blocklists.
STIX - Structured Threat Information eXpression - Standardized language to represent and share cyber threat information. Related efforts from MITRE:
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.
chkrootkit - Local Linux rootkit detection.
ClamAV - Open source antivirus engine.
ExifTool - Read, write and edit file metadata.
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.
PEiD - Packer identifier for Windows binaries.
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.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.

AndroTotal - free online analysis of APKs against multiple mobile antivirus apps.
Anubis - Malware Analysis for Unknown Binaries and Site Check.
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.
DRAKVUF - Dynamic malware analysis system.
Hybrid Analysis - Online malware analysis tool, powered by VxSandbox.
IRMA - An asynchronous and customizable analysis platform for suspicious files.
Jotti - Free online multi-AV scanner.
Malheur - Automatic sandboxed analysis of malware behavior.
Malwr - Free analysis with an online Cuckoo Sandbox instance.
MASTIFF Online - Online static analysis of malware.
Metascan Online - Free file scanning with multiple antivirus engines.
Noriben - Uses Sysinternals Procmon to collect information about malware in a sandboxed environment.
PDF Examiner - Analyse suspicious PDF files.
Recomposer - A helper script for safely uploading binaries to sandbox sites.
VirusTotal - Free online analysis of malware samples and URLs
Zeltser's List - Free automated sandboxes and services, compiled by Lenny Zeltser.

Domain Analysis

Inspect domains and IP addresses.

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.
IPinfo - Gather information about an IP or domain by searching online resources.
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 Automator - OSINT tool for gatherig information about URLs, IPs, or hashes.
Whois - DomainTools free online whois search.
Zeltser's List - Free online tools for researching malicious websites, compiled by Lenny Zeltser.

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.
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.
diStorm - Disassembler for analyzing malicious shellcode.
JS Beautifier - JavaScript unpacking and deobfuscation.
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.
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.
NoMoreXOR - Guess a 256 byte XOR key using frequency analysis.
unxor - Guess XOR keys using known-plaintext attacks.
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.

Bokken - GUI for Pyew and Radare.
dnSpy - .NET assembly editor, decompiler and debugger.
Evan's Debugger (EDB) - A modular debugger with a Qt GUI.
GDB - The GNU debugger.
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.
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.
pestudio - Perform static analysis of Windows executables.
Process Monitor - Advanced monitoring tool for Windows programs.
Pyew - Python tool for malware analysis.
Radare2 - Reverse engineering framework, with debugger support.
strace - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
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.
CapTipper - Malicious HTTP traffic explorer.
chopshop - Protocol analysis and decoding framework.
Fiddler - Intercepting web proxy designed for "web debugging."
Hale - Botnet C&C monitor.
INetSim - Network service emulation, useful when building a malware lab.
Malcom - Malware Communications Analyzer.
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.
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.

DAMM - Differential Analysis of Malware in Memory, built on Volatility
FindAES - Find AES encryption keys in memory.
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.
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 - OpenSource Malware Analysis Pipeline System.
CRITs - Collaborative Research Into Threats, a malware and threat repository.
Malwarehouse - Store, tag, and search malware.
MISP - Malware Information Sharing Platform curated by The MISP Project.
Viper - A binary management and analysis framework for analysts and researchers.

Miscellaneous

DC3-MWCP - The Defense Cyber Crime Center's Malware Configuration Parser framework.
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.
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.

Twitter

Some relevant Twitter accounts.

Adamb @Hexacorn
Andrew Case @attrc
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
Open Malware @OpenMalware
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity
Volatility @volatility

Other

APT Notes - A collection of papers and notes related to Advanced Persistent Threats.
Honeynet Project - Honeypot tools, papers, and other resources.
Malicious Software - Malware blog and resources by Lenny Zeltser.
Malware Analysis Search - Custom Google search engine from Corey Harrell.
WindowsIR: Malware - Harlan Carvey's page on Malware.
/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!

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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