read time = 4 minutes Summary This is the second in a series of posts exploring fundamental malware analysis techniques. Please check out Part 1 for some additional background,. The following techniques are presented as an alternative to automated sandboxing, which are effective and powerful tools. However, as we showed in Part 1, they may…
All posts in February 2019
Weekly News Roundup — Feb. 17 to Feb. 23
Summary — Hello, and welcome to Security Soup’s continuing news coverage of highlights from the previous week. This list is not intended to be an exhaustive source, but simply a collection of items I found interesting throughout my weekly research. The summaries are provided with links for the reader to drill down into particular topics…
How To: Extract Network Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) from Maldoc Macros — Part 1
read time = 3 minutes Summary: The goal of this tutorial series is to show analysts a variety of methods to extract IOCs from malicious document samples as an alternative to a reliance on automated sandboxes. Sandboxes are valuable tools, but in many cases (with default settings) they may not provide full details and critical…
Weekly News Roundup — Feb. 10 to Feb. 16
Summary — Hello, and welcome to Security Soup’s first in a series of posts covering news highlights from the previous week. This list is not intended to be an exhaustive source, but simply a collection of items I found significant or interesting throughout my weekly research. Quick, bulleted summaries are provided with links for the…