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Flare-VM is a Windows malware analysis environment consisting of installation scripts that automate the provisioning of a virtual machine. It provides a comprehensive suite of reverse engineering tools, including decompilers and debuggers, along with the necessary system configurations and environment variables for security research. The project functions as a virtual machine image orchestrator, allowing for the automated creation, management, and export of specialized analysis appliances. It features configuration-driven tool selection and the ability to extend installation logic through cus
YARA is a pattern matching engine and binary analysis tool used to identify and classify malware samples. It functions as a malware research framework that allows for the definition of file descriptions and detection rules to find indicators of compromise within binaries. The system enables the creation of custom detection rules using strings, wildcards, and regular expressions. These rules use boolean logic to match textual or binary patterns, allowing for the classification of files into specific malware families and the automation of threat intelligence. The engine utilizes Aho-Corasick s
Cloud Hypervisor is a Rust-based hypervisor and KVM virtual machine monitor designed to execute 64-bit guest operating systems. It functions as a user-space virtual machine manager that employs a minimal emulation layer to reduce memory overhead and latency for cloud workloads. The project distinguishes itself through the use of a memory-safe language to implement a virtio device emulator and a user-space device model. It provides a standardized web API for managing virtual machine lifecycles and resource configurations. The platform covers broad virtualization capabilities, including the em
TheZoo is a centralized repository and management system designed for the storage, organization, and retrieval of live malicious software samples. It provides a structured environment for security researchers and educators to access, track, and analyze dangerous code for the purpose of threat intelligence and defense development. The system utilizes a command-line interface to manage the lifecycle of malware samples, including the preparation of new submissions and the querying of a centralized database. To ensure safety and authenticity, the platform stores binaries in password-protected, en
capa is a binary capability scanner that identifies high-level behaviors and actions an executable can perform, such as network communication or file manipulation. It functions as a malware behavior analysis tool and a MITRE ATT&CK mapping framework, scanning PE, ELF, .NET, and shellcode files through both static analysis and dynamic sandbox report processing. The tool distinguishes itself through a YAML-based detection rule engine that defines detection logic in human-readable files, with conditions expressed as feature combinations and logical operators. It integrates with IDA Pro, Ghidra,
This project is an agentic framework designed to enable autonomous web navigation and browser automation. It functions as a controller that translates natural language instructions into deterministic browser actions, allowing agents to interact with websites, perform data extraction, and manage complex authentication flows. By leveraging accessibility trees and semantic element resolution, the framework mimics human-like navigation, moving beyond brittle DOM selectors to interact reliably with modern web interfaces. The framework distinguishes itself through its focus on secure, scalable exec
This project is a cybersecurity educational resource and courseware designed for malware analysis and reverse engineering. It provides a structured curriculum of lessons, labs, and guided projects focused on detecting and understanding the behavior of malicious software. The resource includes a lab guide for building isolated virtual machine environments to safely execute and study malware. It covers the setup of a specialized toolchain consisting of disassemblers and debuggers used to analyze compiled machine code. The training material covers both static analysis, which examines binary cod
Flare-VM is a collection of scripts and an orchestrator designed to automate the installation and configuration of a reverse engineering toolset on Windows virtual machines. It functions as a provisioning system that deploys a consistent environment for malware analysis and security research on guest operating systems. The project utilizes a configuration manager and a graphical interface to allow for the selection of specific software packages and environment variables. It employs a curated manifest to manage the installation of compatible security tools and modifies system registries and ta
Malware Configuration And Payload Extraction
pe-sieve is a set of diagnostic tools for scanning Windows process memory to identify malicious implants, shellcode, and hooks. It functions as an in-memory implant detector, malware unpacker, and process callstack analyzer designed to locate and dump memory patches and injected code from running processes. The project identifies advanced evasion techniques, such as process hollowing and reflective injection, by verifying portable executable structures in memory. It distinguishes itself by analyzing process callstacks to detect anomalies and redirections and by reconstructing executable heade
Flare-floss is a security utility and static binary string extractor designed to uncover hidden text and configuration data within compiled binaries. It functions as an obfuscated string decoder and reverse engineering tool to translate encoded strings into readable text for security auditing. The project employs emulated execution to capture the decrypted state of strings in memory by running small chunks of binary code in a virtual CPU. It further utilizes static analysis disassembly, intermediate representation analysis, and heuristic-based pattern matching to identify and decode strings t
This project is a comprehensive, community-driven directory of open-source tools, datasets, and documentation for malware analysis and cybersecurity research. It serves as a centralized index for security professionals and researchers to locate resources for investigating, reverse engineering, and analyzing malicious software. The directory organizes information through a structured taxonomy, covering specialized domains such as memory forensics, network traffic inspection, and honeypot threat research. By aggregating links to external utilities and frameworks, it provides a platform-agnostic
This project is a red teaming knowledge base and offensive security playbook designed to simulate adversary behavior. It serves as a comprehensive collection of technical guides and tactics for executing red team operations. The repository provides detailed instructions for Active Directory exploitation, including Kerberos abuse and domain privilege escalation. It covers defense evasion through API unhooking and payload obfuscation, as well as Windows internals research involving the manipulation of kernel objects and system memory. The capability surface extends to network penetration testi
This project is a curated repository of remote access trojan binaries and malware samples. It serves as a structured analysis dataset and security research toolset designed for studying the behavior and inner workings of remote administration tools. The collection provides a versioned archive of malware samples and backdoor interfaces, with specific categorizations for target platforms including Windows and Android. It organizes these binaries to facilitate the study of malware evolution and the identification of technical patterns. The repository covers several security research areas, incl
This project is a set of specialized utilities for generating malformed documents, obfuscating payloads, and crafting specific attack vectors to evaluate the resilience of security scanners. It functions as a PDF fuzzing framework and security testing tool designed to create PDF files with embedded payloads for verifying how document viewers and web applications handle vulnerabilities. The toolkit provides capabilities for encoding and hiding malicious content to test the detection effectiveness of security scanners. It includes a security payload generator for crafting specific attack vector
This project is a curated archive and cybersecurity research dataset of raw source code from various malware families. It serves as a malware analysis library designed to help researchers study the inner workings of different threats and identify attack patterns across multiple platforms and programming languages. The repository supports security research by providing raw text distribution of original source code. This allows for the study of platform vulnerabilities, threat intelligence gathering, and the development of security products and detection signatures. The collection is organized
Wasmer is a high-performance runtime engine designed to execute sandboxed WebAssembly modules across server-side, edge, and browser environments. It functions as a comprehensive platform for building, distributing, and running isolated applications, providing a secure and portable execution layer that maintains consistency across diverse hardware architectures and operating systems. The platform distinguishes itself through a robust toolchain that enables cross-language interoperability and the transformation of code into portable binary packages. It supports ahead-of-time binary generation t
This project is a graphical Windows debugger designed for the analysis and manipulation of compiled binary applications. It functions as a comprehensive binary analysis suite, providing a real-time environment for inspecting CPU registers, monitoring memory states, and tracing instruction execution to investigate system-level software behavior. The tool distinguishes itself through an event-driven debugging loop that allows for precise process control and state modification during runtime. It supports advanced analysis techniques, including hardware-breakpoint injection for monitoring memory
The sandbox-sdk is a development kit designed for building secure, isolated execution environments on a global edge network. It provides a framework for creating ephemeral, containerized workspaces that allow developers to run untrusted code, manage build tasks, and host automated scripts without compromising host system security. By leveraging a serverless runtime, the platform enables the deployment of these environments directly at the network edge to ensure low-latency performance. The platform distinguishes itself by integrating language models with sandboxed execution, facilitating the
Hypernova is a distributed rendering engine and server-side rendering service that transforms JavaScript components into HTML on a remote server. It functions as a web page hydration framework, allowing interactive behavior to be attached to static server-generated markup by deserializing application state in the browser. The system utilizes an isolated JavaScript runtime that executes components within sandboxed virtual machines to prevent global state leakage and interference between concurrent requests. It employs a distributed architecture to execute rendering tasks across multiple worker
The project provides an open container runtime specification and standardized schema for defining container configurations, namespaces, resource limits, security policies, and filesystem mounts across platforms. It outlines the formal configuration formats, lifecycle operations, and execution environments necessary for portable, isolated container workloads. The specification covers container lifecycle management protocols and structured rules governing container creation, execution startup, process signaling, state tracking, and resource teardown. It standardizes local bundle packaging and
Gorilla is a foundational infrastructure framework for large language model function calling. It provides a system for training, evaluating, and executing the translation of natural language instructions into accurate API calls and executable code. The project integrates a structured API documentation index, a fine-tuning pipeline for model adaptation, and a secure sandboxed action runtime for executing model-generated commands. The framework distinguishes itself through a specialized evaluation benchmark suite that measures the accuracy, cost, and latency of function calls. It includes tools
Expr is a high-performance expression evaluation engine and language for Go applications. It functions as a dynamic rule engine that parses and executes custom logic and data validations at runtime without requiring the application to be recompiled. The system utilizes a sandboxed logic executor to run expressions without side effects. It ensures program termination by employing instruction-level loop detection to prevent infinite loops and isolates the evaluation process from the host system. The engine employs a bytecode-based virtual machine and abstract syntax tree analysis to achieve ex
Violentmonkey is a userscript manager extension and JavaScript injection framework. It allows users to install and manage custom scripts and CSS to modify the behavior and appearance of websites based on metadata-driven trigger conditions. The project functions as a cloud-synced script manager, backing up and synchronizing scripts across different devices using external cloud storage services. It also serves as a cross-origin request bridge, providing a communication layer that enables scripts to bypass the same-origin policy to fetch data. The tool covers a broad range of browser automation
Scriptcat is a user script manager and browser extension designed to install, execute, and manage custom JavaScript scripts to modify website behavior and extend browser functionality. It features a JavaScript sandbox environment that provides specialized APIs for storage, cookies, and system notifications, alongside a cloud-synced script repository to keep subscriptions and configurations consistent across multiple devices. The project includes an in-browser script editor for writing, testing, and debugging code directly within the browser. It also incorporates a cross-domain request engine
Jinja is a text-based templating library for Python designed to generate dynamic content through expressions, control structures, and template inheritance. It functions as a tool for building dynamic HTML, XML, or plain text documents, providing a structured environment for injecting data into templates to create complex outputs from simple sources. The engine distinguishes itself through a sandboxed execution environment that restricts access to system resources and sensitive functions when evaluating untrusted code. It further ensures secure content delivery by employing context-aware outpu
Retdec is an LLVM-based machine code decompiler and static binary analysis tool designed for binary reverse engineering. It translates binary executable code into high-level representations to facilitate the reconstruction of program logic from compiled machine code. The system utilizes a retargetable frontend architecture and a multi-stage lifting pipeline to convert raw bytes into a common intermediate language. It differentiates custom program logic from known library code through signature-based identification and provides utilities for binary symbol demangling to restore human-readable n
RetDec is a reverse engineering framework and static binary analysis tool. Its primary purpose is to function as an LLVM-based machine code decompiler that translates binary machine code from multiple architectures into high-level C source code. The system employs a multi-stage lifting pipeline to recover program logic, using an intermediate representation to apply optimizations before emitting source code. It distinguishes itself through the ability to identify compilers and packers, perform executable unpacking, and reconstruct class hierarchies and original program structures. The framewo
This repository contains the source code for a C-based network botnet designed to compromise Internet of Things devices. It serves as a functional implementation of malware used for security research, behavioral analysis, and the development of threat detection signatures. The project includes a command and control server architecture that manages infected devices via a custom binary protocol and TCP-based command distribution. It employs a cross-compilation toolchain to build and deliver architecture-specific binary payloads across multiple hardware platforms. The codebase covers capabiliti
GEF is a Python-based extension for GDB that serves as a framework for binary analysis, exploit development, and low-level debugging. It functions as a dynamic analysis extension designed to assist in reverse engineering workflows and malware analysis by enhancing the debugger's ability to inspect process state and memory. The project is distinguished by its specialized heap analysis tools, which allow for the inspection of glibc heap arenas, bins, and chunks to detect memory corruption. It also provides a dedicated toolkit for exploit development, including cyclic pattern generation for offs