{"id":9010,"date":"2021-02-25T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T06:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.varutra.com\/?p=9010"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:41:57","slug":"malware-analysis-part-2-setting-up-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.varutra.com\/varutravrt3\/malware-analysis-part-2-setting-up-the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"MALWARE ANALYSIS – PART 2 (SETTING UP THE LAB)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn the previous blog, we have got a basic idea about Malware like what is malware, its behavior, types, and a brief introduction to Malware Analysis. In this section, we will be setting up the testing lab for dynamic and static analysis. So, let us begin with setting up the environment and labs.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Setting up Malware Analysis Lab:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To exercise the functionality of malware, we need to simulate the network services. The risk associated with this would be spamming, denial-of-service attacks. The first thing you can take into consideration is not using the main computer or host operating system. The primary functionality of the malware would be relying on the internet. So, it will check whether the host has an internet connection. The modern piece of malware comes with anti-analysis features.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sandbox:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sandbox environment is an isolated virtual machine that can be used to execute malicious code or malware without affecting the actual host. It decreases the risk of infecting the host OS from malware.<\/p>\n

To carry out dynamic analysis of malware, we need a sandbox environment or any isolated operating system. Sandboxing helps us to carry out dynamic analysis and helps us to protect our system from malware.<\/p>\n

There are few sandboxes that are freely available over the internet. Some of them are mentioned below:<\/p>\n