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Building an Automated Behavioral Malware Analysis Environment using Open Source Software

Building an Automated Behavioral Malware Analysis Environment using Open Source Software (PDF, 1.91MB)Published: 18 Jun, 2009
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Jim Clausing
Jim Clausing

The first question one might ask is why build our own analysis environment when there are a growing number of services (free and otherwise) such as the Norman Sandbox, CWSandbox, Anubis, ThreatExpert, etc. that will do the analysis for us. The primary answer is that, for privacy and policy reasons, there are some samples of malware that we encounter on a regular basis that we simply are not at liberty to share with other entities or organizations with which we do not have privacy or non-disclosure agreements.

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Jim Clausing
Jim Clausing

Jim Clausing

Certified Instructor Candidate

Jim has been in the IT since 1981. His expertise ranges from systems and database administration to security and research in parallel processing and distributed systems.

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