What’s a Malware?

Malware is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network. There are a variety of malware types, some of which are, computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, rogue software, wiper, and scareware.

By the way, if any piece of code or program secretly acts against the command of the user, then the code is also considered Malware. For example, at one point Sony music Compact discs silently installed a rootkit on purchasers’ computers with the intention of preventing illicit copying. But which also reported on users’ listening habits, and unintentionally created extra security vulnerabilities. A range of antivirus software, firewalls, and other strategies are used to help protect against malware, to help detect and to recover from malware-associated malicious activity and attacks.

Malware Analysis

Malware analysis is the study or process of determining the functionality, origin, and potential impact of a given malware sample such as a virus, worm, trojan horse, rootkit, or backdoor. Many of us already use anti-malware software on our electronic gadgets. The market has to offer a wonderful shack of different anti-malware, anti-spam, anti-virus services, and more. Consequently, the need to know what is the best is also equally important. People tend to go with whatever they are given, not everyone does research on what type of tools are suited for your device. Android devices have different sets of malware choices while desktop’s, PC’s and laptops have different sets. We need to know which tools are best suited for your android and laptop.

Best Malware Analysis Tools

1. Wireshark – Wireshark is used to analyze a network to the greatest detail to see what is currently happening and capture packets to files. Wireshark can be used for live packet capturing, deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, browse and filter packets, and is multiplatform. When performing Dynamic Malware Analysis Wireshark can be used to inspects packets and log network traffic to files.
2. Cuckoo Sandbox Automated Malware Analysis – Cuckoo Sandbox is the leading open-source automated malware analysis system. Upload any suspicious file, it will provide a detailed report outlining the behavior of the file when executed inside a realistic but isolated environment.
3. Kaspersky – Kaspersky’s Anti-virus tool is well known to be one of the best at blocking malware, and removing it from an infected system. That’s without mentioning that this anti-virus tool has regularly received top marks at sites like AV-Comparatives.
4. Cisco Secure Malware Analytics – Secure Malware Analytics (formerly Threat Grid) combines advanced sandboxing with threat intelligence into one unified solution to protect organizations from malware. With a robust, context-rich malware knowledge base, you will understand what malware is doing, or attempting to do, how large a threat it poses, and how to defend against it. Secure Malware Analytics rapidly analyzes file
5. Zeek Network Security Monitor – Zeek sits on hardware, software, virtual, or cloud platform that quietly and unobtrusively observes network traffic. The software interprets what it sees and creates complex reports, compact, high-fidelity transaction logs, file content, and fully customized output. Moreover, the logs are used for manual review on disk or in a more analyst-friendly tool like a SIEM system.
6. Netcat Dynamic Malware Analysis Tool – Netcat is a great tool to perform Dynamic Malware Analysis because it can make almost any network connection a malware analyst might ever need. Netcat is used to make inbound and outbound connections on any port and can be used in client mode for connecting and in server mode for listening.

One thing, to be noted is that we have to thank these open-source creators as their passionate work is the work-paper of every entry, mid and senior-level analyst. Every day analysts need these open-source software developers to keep contributing so as to help in their malware research.

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Aiswarya researches topics covering IT, cyber security, astronomy, and science. She shows interest in blogging and also writes for the Bahrain Stargazers club. She is a book lover too.