Malware and Reverse Engineering Complete Collection by Joas

What is?

• https://www.crowdstrike.com/cybersecurity-101/malware/malware-analysis/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware_analysis

• https://sectigostore.com/blog/malware-analysis-what-it-is-how-it-works/

• https://digitalguardian.com/blog/what-malware-analysis-defining-and-outlining-process-malware-analysis

• https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/malicious/paper/2103

• https://www.sans.org/blog/how-you-can-start-learning-malware-analysis/

• https://www.logsign.com/blog/malware-analysis-things-you-should-know/

• https://www.first.org/global/sigs/malware/

• https://www.opswat.com/solutions/malware-analysis

• https://medium.com/techiepedia/malware-analysis-the-art-of-understanding-malware-ffc5e69feb3e

• https://www.jigsawacademy.com/blogs/cyber-security/malware-analysis/

• https://astromachineworks.com/what-is-reverse-engineering/#:~:text=Reverse%20engineering%2C%20sometimes%20called%20back,individual%20components%20of%20larger%20products.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxo1FBScEAs

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2EkORFcSZo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v7UaMsgg_c

• https://www.wevolver.com/article/what-is-reverse-engineering-

• https://www.computerworld.com/article/2585652/reverse-engineering.html

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/software-engineering-reverse-engineering/

Awesome Malware Analysis

• https://github.com/rshipp/awesome-malware-analysis

• 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.
  • DemoHunter - Low interaction Distributed Honeypots.
  • Dionaea - Honeypot designed to trap malware.
  • Glastopf - Web application honeypot.
  • Honeyd - Create a virtual honeynet.
  • HoneyDrive - Honeypot bundle Linux distro.
  • Honeytrap - Opensource system for running, monitoring and managing honeypots.
  • 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 - 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.
  • Infosec - CERT-PA - Malware samples collection and analysis.
  • InQuest Labs - Evergrowing searchable corpus of malicious Microsoft documents.
  • Javascript Mallware Collection - Collection of almost 40.000 javascript malware samples
  • Malpedia - A resource providing rapid identification and actionable context for malware investigations.
  • Malshare - Large repository of malware actively scrapped from malicious sites.
  • 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.
  • vduddu malware repo - Collection of various malware files and source code.
  • VirusBay - Community-Based malware repository and social network.
  • 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.
  • VX Underground - Massive and growing collection of free malware samples.

• Open Source Threat Intelligence

  • 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.
  • iocextract - Advanced Indicator of Compromise (IOC) extractor, Python library and command-line tool.
  • ioc_writer - Python library for working with OpenIOC objects, from Mandiant.
  • MalPipe - Malware/IOC ingestion and processing engine, that enriches collected data.
  • 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.
  • Pulsedive - Free, community-driven threat intelligence platform collecting IOCs from open-source feeds.
  • PyIOCe - A Python OpenIOC editor.
  • RiskIQ - Research, connect, tag and share IPs and domains. (Was PassiveTotal.)
  • threataggregator - Aggregates security threats from a number of sources, including some of those listed below in other resources.
  • ThreatConnect - TC Open allows you to see and share open source threat data, with support and validation from our free community.
  • ThreatCrowd - A search engine for threats, with graphical visualization.
  • ThreatIngestor - Build automated threat intel pipelines sourcing from Twitter, RSS, GitHub, and more.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • HoneyDB - Community driven honeypot sensor data collection and aggregation.
  • hpfeeds - Honeypot feed protocol.
  • Infosec - CERT-PA lists (IPs - Domains - URLs) - Blocklist service.
  • InQuest REPdb - Continuous aggregation of IOCs from a variety of open reputation sources.
  • InQuest IOCdb - Continuous aggregation of IOCs from a variety of blogs, Github repos, and Twitter.
  • 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 Threat Intelligence Feed - List of the most looked up file hashes from MetaDefender Cloud.
  • OpenIOC - Framework for sharing threat intelligence.
  • 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
  • SystemLookup - SystemLookup hosts a collection of lists that provide information on the components of legitimate and potentially unwanted programs.
  • ThreatMiner - Data mining portal for threat intelligence, with search.
  • threatRECON - Search for indicators, up to 1000 free per month.
  • ThreatShare - C2 panel tracker
  • Yara rules - Yara rules repository.
  • YETI - Yeti is a platform meant to organize observables, indicators of compromise, TTPs, and knowledge on threats in a single, unified repository.
  • ZeuS Tracker - ZeuS blocklists.

• Detection and Classification

  • AnalyzePE - Wrapper for a variety of tools for reporting on Windows PE files.
  • Assemblyline - A scalable distributed file analysis framework.
  • BinaryAlert - An open source, serverless AWS pipeline that scans and alerts on uploaded files based on a set of YARA rules.
  • capa - Detects capabilities in executable files.
  • chkrootkit - Local Linux rootkit detection.
  • ClamAV - Open source antivirus engine.
  • Detect It Easy(DiE) - A program for determining types of files.
  • Exeinfo PE - Packer, compressor detector, unpack info, internal exe tools.
  • ExifTool - Read, write and edit file metadata.
  • File Scanning Framework - Modular, recursive file scanning solution.
  • fn2yara - FN2Yara is a tool to generate Yara signatures for matching functions (code) in an executable program.
  • Generic File Parser - A Single Library Parser to extract meta information,static analysis and detect macros within the files.
  • hashdeep - Compute digest hashes with a variety of algorithms.
  • HashCheck - Windows shell extension to compute hashes with a variety of algorithms.
  • Loki - Host based scanner for IOCs.
  • Malfunction - Catalog and compare malware at a function level.
  • Manalyze - Static analyzer for PE executables.
  • MASTIFF - Static analysis framework.
  • MultiScanner - Modular file scanning/analysis framework
  • Nauz File Detector(NFD) - Linker/Compiler/Tool detector for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
  • nsrllookup - A tool for looking up hashes in NIST's National Software Reference Library database.
  • packerid - A cross-platform Python alternative to PEiD.
  • PE-bear - Reversing tool for PE files.
  • PEframe - PEframe is an open source tool to perform static analysis on Portable Executable malware and malicious MS Office documents.
  • PEV - A multiplatform toolkit to work with PE files, providing feature-rich tools for proper analysis of suspicious binaries.
  • PortEx - Java library to analyse PE files with a special focus on malware analysis and PE malformation robustness.
  • Quark-Engine - An Obfuscation-Neglect Android Malware Scoring System
  • 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.
  • Yara Finder - A simple tool to yara match the file against various yara rules to find the indicators of suspicion.

• Online Scanners and Sandboxes

  • anlyz.io - Online sandbox.
  • any.run - Online interactive sandbox.
  • AndroTotal - Free online analysis of APKs against multiple mobile antivirus apps.
  • AVCaesar - Malware.lu online scanner and malware repository.
  • BoomBox - Automatic deployment of Cuckoo Sandbox malware lab using Packer and Vagrant.
  • 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.
  • DRAKVUF - Dynamic malware analysis system.
  • firmware.re - Unpacks, scans and analyzes almost any firmware package.
  • HaboMalHunter - An Automated Malware Analysis Tool for Linux ELF Files.
  • Hybrid Analysis - Online malware analysis tool, powered by VxSandbox.
  • Intezer - Detect, analyze, and categorize malware by identifying code reuse and code similarities.
  • 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 Malware.
  • Malheur - Automatic sandboxed analysis of malware behavior.
  • malice.io - Massively scalable malware analysis framework.
  • 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.
  • MalwareAnalyser.io - Online malware anomaly-based static analyser with heuristic detection engine powered by data mining and machine learning.
  • Malwr - Free analysis with an online Cuckoo Sandbox instance.
  • MetaDefender Cloud - Scan a file, hash, IP, URL or domain address for malware for 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.
  • PacketTotal - PacketTotal is an online engine for analyzing .pcap files, and visualizing the network traffic within.
  • PDF Examiner - Analyse suspicious PDF files.
  • ProcDot - A graphical malware analysis tool kit.
  • Recomposer - A helper script for safely uploading binaries to sandbox sites.
  • sandboxapi - Python library for building integrations with several open source and commercial malware sandboxes.
  • SEE - Sandboxed Execution Environment (SEE) is a framework for building test automation in secured Environments.
  • SEKOIA Dropper Analysis - Online dropper analysis (Js, VBScript, Microsoft Office, PDF).
  • 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

  • AbuseIPDB - AbuseIPDB is a project dedicated to helping combat the spread of hackers, spammers, and abusive activity on the internet.
  • badips.com - Community based IP blacklist service.
  • boomerang - A tool designed for consistent and safe capture of off network web resources.
  • Cymon - Threat intelligence tracker, with IP/domain/hash search.
  • 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.
  • PhishStats - Phishing Statistics with search for IP, domain and website title
  • Spyse - subdomains, whois, realted domains, DNS, hosts AS, SSL/TLS info,
  • SecurityTrails - Historical and current WHOIS, historical and current DNS records, similar domains, certificate information and other domain and IP related API and tools.
  • SpamCop - IP based spam block list.
  • SpamHaus - Block list based on domains and IPs.
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - Free Website Malware and Security Scanner.
  • Talos Intelligence - Search for IP, domain or network owner. (Previously SenderBase.)
  • TekDefense Automater - OSINT tool for gathering information about URLs, IPs, or hashes.
  • URLhaus - A project from abuse.ch with the goal of sharing malicious URLs that are being used for malware distribution.
  • URLQuery - Free URL Scanner.
  • urlscan.io - Free URL Scanner & domain information.
  • 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

  • Bytecode Viewer - Combines multiple Java bytecode viewers and decompilers into one tool, including APK/DEX support.
  • 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."
  • SWF Investigator - Static and dynamic analysis of SWF applications.
  • swftools - Tools for working with Adobe Flash files.
  • xxxswf - A Python script for analyzing Flash files.

• Documents and Shellcode

  • 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.
  • InQuest Deep File Inspection - Upload common malware lures for Deep File Inspection and heuristical analysis.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • hachoir3 - Hachoir is a Python library to view and edit a binary stream field by field.
  • Scalpel - Another data carving tool.
  • SFlock - Nested archive extraction/unpacking (used in Cuckoo Sandbox).

• Deobfuscation

  • 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.
  • PyInstaller Extractor - 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 - A cross-version Python bytecode decompiler. Translates Python bytecode back into equivalent Python source code.
  • un{i}packer - Automatic and platform-independent unpacker for Windows binaries based on emulation.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • BluePill - Framework for executing and debugging evasive malware and protected executables.
  • 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.
  • Cutter - GUI for Radare2.
  • DECAF (Dynamic Executable Code Analysis Framework) - A binary analysis platform based on QEMU. DroidScope is now an extension to DECAF.
  • dnSpy - .NET assembly editor, decompiler and debugger.
  • dotPeek - Free .NET Decompiler and Assembly Browser.
  • 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.
  • Ghidra - A software reverse engineering (SRE) framework created and maintained by the National Security Agency Research Directorate.
  • hackers-grep - A utility to search for strings in PE executables including imports, exports, and debug symbols.
  • Hopper - The macOS and Linux Disassembler.
  • IDA Pro - Windows disassembler and debugger, with a free evaluation version.
  • IDR - Interactive Delphi Reconstructor is a decompiler of Delphi executable files and dynamic libraries.
  • Immunity Debugger - Debugger for malware analysis and more, with a Python API.
  • ILSpy - ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler.
  • 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.
  • mac-a-mal - An automated framework for mac malware hunting.
  • objdump - Part of GNU binutils, for static analysis of Linux binaries.
  • OllyDbg - An assembly-level debugger for Windows executables.
  • 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 - 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.
  • Pharos - The Pharos binary analysis framework can be used to perform automated static analysis of binaries.
  • 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.
  • PyREBox - Python scriptable reverse engineering sandbox by the Talos team at Cisco.
  • 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.
  • Scylla Imports Reconstructor - Find and fix the IAT of an unpacked / dumped PE32 malware.
  • ScyllaHide - An Anti-Anti-Debug library and plugin for OllyDbg, x64dbg, IDA Pro, and TitanEngine.
  • SMRT - Sublime Malware Research Tool, a plugin for Sublime 3 to aid with malware analyis.
  • strace - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
  • StringSifter - A machine learning tool that automatically ranks strings based on their relevance for malware analysis.
  • Triton - A dynamic binary analysis (DBA) framework.
  • Udis86 - Disassembler library and tool for x86 and x86_64.
  • Vivisect - Python tool for malware analysis.
  • 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 - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows.

• Network

  • 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.
  • FakeNet-NG - Next generation dynamic network analysis tool.
  • 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.
  • HTTPReplay - Library for parsing and reading out PCAP files, including TLS streams using TLS Master Secrets (used in Cuckoo Sandbox).
  • INetSim - Network service emulation, useful when building a malware lab.
  • Laika BOSS - Laika BOSS is a file-centric malware analysis and intrusion detection system.
  • Malcolm - Malcolm is a powerful, easily deployable network traffic analysis tool suite for full packet capture artifacts (PCAP files) and Zeek logs.
  • 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

  • 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.

• Storage and Workflow

  • Aleph - Open Source Malware Analysis Pipeline System.
  • CRITs - Collaborative Research Into Threats, a malware and threat repository.
  • 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 - 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.

• Resources

  • al-khaser - A PoC malware with good intentions that aimes to stress anti-malware systems.
  • CryptoKnight - Automated cryptographic algorithm reverse engineering and classification framework.
  • 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.
  • Malware Organiser - A simple tool to organise large malicious/benign files into a organised Structure.
  • 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.
  • Tsurugi Linux - Linux distribution designed to support your DFIR investigations, malware analysis and OSINT (Open Source INTelligence) activities.
  • Santoku Linux - Linux distribution for mobile forensics, malware analysis, and security.
  • Learning Malware Analysis - Learning Malware Analysis: Explore the concepts, tools, and techniques to analuze and investigate Windows malware
  • Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD - Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code.
  • Mastering Malware Analysis - Mastering Malware Analysis: The complete malware analyst's guide to combating malicious software, APT, cybercime, and IoT attacks
  • Mastering Reverse Engineering - Mastering Reverse Engineering: Re-engineer your ethical hacking skills
  • 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.
  • Rootkits and Bootkits - Rootkits and Bootkits: Reversing Modern Malware and Next Generation Threats
  • 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
  • APT Notes - A collection of papers and notes related to Advanced Persistent Threats.
  • 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 - 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 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 - Collection of various information focused on malware persistence: detection (techniques), response, pitfalls and the log collection (tools).
  • Malware Samples and Traffic - This blog focuses on network traffic related to malware infections.
  • Malware Search+++ Firefox extension allows you to easily search some of the most popular malware databases
  • 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.
  • Android Security
  • AppSec
  • CTFs
  • Forensics
  • "Hacking"
  • Honeypots
  • Industrial Control System Security
  • Incident-Response
  • Infosec
  • PCAP Tools
  • Pentesting
  • Security
  • Threat Intelligence
  • YARA

• https://github.com/fabacab/awesome-malware

• https://medium.com/@progression.official/awesome-malware-analysis-24266e0cc348

Alexandre Borges

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcA2tPp4nSU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyjMgzqILoo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIBaE6DEgM4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3pVTO5izU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYQ4TIcGD2o

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67vesKcxQOQ

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_xwrmDVzJU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCaMuHAJcHw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fk1t7wL1uI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOVRSZ9Kq4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xYpxe8mBg

• https://twitter.com/ale_sp_brazil

Fernando Mercês

• https://twitter.com/mer0x36

• https://blog.trendmicro.com.br/author/fernandom/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I06wFfgn5eE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpU9U0sqzh4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG510bhFgXY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEV9Sc8ONXw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_WRNs2IAdY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnIzyA047EA

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6Y83rdISo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-EqzfafU80

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7nGGaTW9CQ

System Architecture

• http://web.mit.edu/6.976/www/notes/Notes1.pdf

• https://www.incose.org/docs/default-source/wasatch-chapter-documents/the-big-happy-family-of-architectures-r0.pdf?sfvrsn=613696c6_2

• https://www.gaudisite.nl/SystemArchitectureProcessPaper.pdf

• https://mitocw.ups.edu.ec/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-842-fundamentals-of-systems-engineering-fall-2015/lecture-notes/MTI16_842F15_Ses4_Con_Syn.pdf

• https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/0de9ab36c5244c3ba9cbafa74c1876a2/securityarchitecture-ecountingofpvotesv1_1.pdf

• https://www.kean.edu/~gchang/tech2920/http___professor.wiley.com_CGI-BIN_JSMPROXY_DOCUMENTDIRECTORDEV+DOCUMENTID&0471715425+DOCUMENTSUBID&1+PRFVALNAME&pdfs_ch02.pdf

• https://incoseuk.org/Documents/zGuides/Z8_System_Architecture.pdf

• https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01407372/document

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_architecture#:~:text=A%20system%20architecture%20is%20the,and%20behaviors%20of%20the%20system.

• https://thenewstack.io/primer-understanding-software-and-system-architecture/

• https://www.sebokwiki.org/wiki/System_Architecture

Memory Management

• https://www.cs.sjtu.edu.cn/~kzhu/cs490/9/9_MemMan.pdf

• http://mit.bme.hu/~micskeiz/opre/files/eng/03-operating-systems-windows-memory-management.pdf

• https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/3148/1/InternalsOfWindowsMemoryMangement2.pdf

• https://www.intellectualheaven.com/Articles/WinMM.pdf

• http://efreidoc.fr/L3/Operating%20System/Cours/PDF/2010-11/2010-11.cours.13.memory-management-in-windows-and-linux.op.pdf

• https://www.dc.fi.udc.es/~so-grado/2020-21/Temas/SO-Memoria.pdf

• https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/imr_cdt/students/david_goodwin/teaching/operating_systems/l12_realos.pdf

• http://www.tfzr.uns.ac.rs/Content/files/0/Lab08.pdf

• https://www2.latech.edu/~box/os/ch08.pdf

• https://dcc.ufrj.br/~valeriab/SO-VirtualMemory.pdf

• http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~sanjiv/classes/cs4760/lectures/memory.pdf

• http://www.ifsc.usp.br/~lattice/oldlattice/mod9.1.pdf

Assembly

• https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~pannain/mc404/aulas/pdfs/Art%20Of%20Intel%20x86%20Assembly.pdf

• https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~ducatte/mc404/2009/docs/beginner_avr.pdf

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/assembly_programming/assembly_tutorial.pdf

• http://www.ece.utep.edu/courses/web3376/Notes_files/ee3376-assembly.pdf

• http://www.egr.unlv.edu/~ed/assembly64.pdf

• https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19457-01/801-7045/801-7045.pdf

• http://www.staroceans.org/kernel-and-driver/The.Art.of.Assembly.Language.2nd.Edition.pdf

• http://index-of.co.uk/Assembly/Assembly_Language_Step_by_Step_en.pdf

• https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr18/cos217/lectures/13_Assembly1.pdf

• http://arantxa.ii.uam.es/~gdrivera/sed/docs/ARMBook.pdf

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_assembly_language

• https://github.com/Maijin/awesome-asm

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75gBFiFtAb8

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViNnfoE56V8

• https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-assembly-language

• https://www.coursera.org/lecture/build-a-computer/unit-6-1-assembly-languages-and-assemblers-l4EGm

• https://www.dca.fee.unicamp.br/~leopini/DISCIPLINAS/EA869/2018-1/c3-ARM-3.pdf

• https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~ducatte/mc404/2009/docs/beginner_pt.pdf

• http://www.inf.furb.br/~maw/arquitetura/aula16x4.pdf

• http://www4.inf.puc-rio.br/~inf1018//corrente/aulas/Assembly-Introducao.pdf

• https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~pannain/mc404/aulas/pdfs/Art%20Of%20Intel%20x86%20Assembly.pdf

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/assembly_programming/assembly_tutorial.pdf

• http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2002/w4995-02/assembly.9up.pdf

• https://home.adelphi.edu/~siegfried/cs174/174l2.pdf

• https://home.adelphi.edu/~siegfried/cs174/174l3.pdf

• https://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/kyang/2009/Fall/CMPS293&290/ClassNotes/CMPS293&290ClassNotesChap03.pdf

• https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~sergey/cs258/tiny-guide-to-x86-assembly.pdf

C Language

• https://www.unf.edu/~wkloster/2220/ppts/cprogramming_tutorial.pdf

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/1998/01/pal-manual.pdf

• http://cosmicsoftware.com/pdf/Clanguage.pdf

• https://public.support.unisys.com/framework/publicterms.aspx?returnurl=%2faseries%2fdocs%2fclearpath-mcp-17.0%2fpdf%2f86002268-206.pdf

• https://www-personal.acfr.usyd.edu.au/tbailey/ctext/ctext.pdf

• http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/papers/sgi1999c.pdf

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cprogramming/cprogramming_tutorial.pdf

• http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/101/EssentialC.pdf

• https://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mech410/ACAD_and_C/c_reference.pdf

• https://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-c-manual/gnu-c-manual.pdf

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJgsSFOSQv0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PopR3x-VMY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_553vTyzI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjavYOFoJJ0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CpG3oATGIs

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSPZob_1TOk

Sysinternals

• http://index-of.co.uk/Malware/WINDOWS%20SYSINTERNALS%20ADMINISTRATOR'S%20REFERENCE.pdf

• https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780735684447/samplepages/9780735684447.pdf

• https://neprisstore.blob.core.windows.net/sessiondocs/doc_c67d889c-039a-4977-8266-3e025c1408e3.pdf

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/

• https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/95824138/troubleshooting-with-the-windows-sysinternals-tools/mark-e-russinovich/

• https://repo.zenk-security.com/Linux%20et%20systemes%20d.exploitations/Windows%20Internals%20Part%201_6th%20Edition.pdf

• http://index-of.es/Linux/Other/Windows%20Internals%20Part%202_6th%20Edition.pdf

Mente Binaria

• https://www.mentebinaria.com.br/treinamentos/programa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-moderna-em-c/

• https://www.mentebinaria.com.br/treinamentos/an%C3%A1lise-de-malware-online-amo-r11/

• https://www.mentebinaria.com.br/treinamentos/curso-de-engenharia-reversa-online-cero-r6/

• https://www.mentebinaria.com.br/treinamentos/curso-de-explora%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-bin%C3%A1rios-ceb-r8/

• https://www.mentebinaria.com.br/treinamentos/curso-de-ghidra-r9/

• https://github.com/mentebinaria/

• https://github.com/mentebinaria/fundamentos-engenharia-reversa

Vendor Research

• https://www.youtube.com/c/KasperskyLab/videos

• https://www.youtube.com/user/TrendMicroInc

• https://www.youtube.com/user/SecureNetworks

My Social Networks

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/joas-antonio-dos-santos

• https://twitter.com/C0d3Cr4zy

• https://medium.com/@joasantonio108

Filipi Pires

• https://github.com/filipi86

• https://twitter.com/FilipiPires?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYut-Xaapow

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGNtFUkmdBg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFOL7etSCc&t

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAjvfTYEhOw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxlqxLWO16k

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtzZdDvJZA&t

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S41xfTGQDo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVXpBy3RNTE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEyzxrLqX6Y

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ClgsBZiFk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cev5YF64H58

Pavel Yosifovich

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6BXMcRqYhA

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBkvAO02qUY

• https://twitter.com/zodiacon

• https://github.com/zodiacon

• https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/pavel-yosifovich

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsSMKL5vaXw

• https://scorpiosoftware.net/recorded-talks/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXSUrCyWqfw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nAtrwPhR8

• https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Defrag-Tools/Defrag-Tools-177-Windows-Internals-7th-Edition-Part-1

• https://www.amazon.it/Pavel-Yosifovich/e/B00A2OTORO

Reverse Engineering

• https://project-awesome.org/carpedm20/awesome-hacking

• https://github.com/wtsxDev/reverse-engineering

• https://github.com/mytechnotalent/Reverse-Engineering

• https://github.com/tylerha97/awesome-reversing

Talks

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCO9F7U3d6c

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQDRophNaRU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=285b_DEmvHY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx2xp7IQNSc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhcfHBkfe0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4pc63SeHxI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0nh-TdpVg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOWdH2zwMk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf6J8XO_wpY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aCLFzCzPFI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7VZtCUphgg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeG4KBWB-EY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCzYdqHlrs

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4vJVzk68Y

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XcyCjUTWk&t=8s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upe2-1UfEaM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcicWCxdmSU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pH13DxClag

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLCE8spVX9Q

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cZ7eDV2n5Y

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-XELDUtaa8

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3I8wtrjYY4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fAnRkJ6N3s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDk2RId8LFo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Chp12sEnWk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MaO-lmteeQ

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGCle6T0Jpc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NawGCUOYT4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSA2ZIDS1ec

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pH13DxClag

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8lA1pNvcz4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMFCdAGxVN4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU1F5TdzLDM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7CLH4qrWE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBuWOPHQnZI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_DRFWg1arw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2lhY18f578

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5sMPGjtKn0&t=10s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2HclZV2Kw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDBtJhQlr_0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObGrnesxv4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDNQ-8aWLO0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kyFLB9aK8Q

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcuzaOLs7dM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6e_ctKqSqM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ne623fKWc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUe0TUHOIc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Tqi7fuOSU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6dtjtYOw2w

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyeko1GILU4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9KWeXRk8UU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJ8HV22cbc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOKWTeiyy-Q

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHo0zl8gtrU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM5I8yR7yCw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqVNlwfjxo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUe0TUHOIc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FzGGKnzO20

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHsqb2poGII&t=128s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NawGCUOYT4&t=4s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hABj_mrP-no

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsievGJQG0w

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDXTdgfG5HE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkYW5ixvhg