Malware Analysis Using the UnBox Tool

Abstract

The number and variety of malicious code have been growing quickly. These codes are increasingly sophisticated, incorporating various techniques to hinder the identification of their actions, making malware analysis an important tool in the fight against cybercrime. The artifact analysis aims to understand its characteristics, necessary actions to be taken and how it will be run on the operating system. This paper presents the customization of a tool for performing automated analysis of malicious code. It also presents case studies to assess the tool’s efficiency.