Mandiant, Inc.
System and method for classifying malware within content created during analysis of a specimen

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, a system of detecting malware in a specimen of computer content or network traffic comprises a processor and a memory. The memory includes a first analysis logic and a second analysis logic that may be executed by the processor. Upon execution, the first analysis logic performs a static analysis in accordance with an analysis plan to identify one or more suspicious indicators associated with malware and one or more characteristics related to processing of the specimen. The second analysis logic performs a second analysis in accordance with the analysis plan by processing of the specimen in a virtual machine and monitoring for one or more unexpected behaviors during virtual processing of the specimen in the virtual machine. The analysis plan may be altered based on the results of one of the analyzes.