bamfdetect
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- MIT
- Programming language
- Python
- Author
- Brian Wallace
- Latest release
- 1.6.12
- Latest release date
Project health
Links
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Why this tool?
With bamfdetect, malware and bots can be analyzed. It identifies and extracts information and returns data in JSON format.
How it works
Files are loaded into RAM, and then any applicable preprocessors are applied. By using YARA signatures, the tool tries to find any matches. The related module for each type of malware can then extract useful details.
Usage and audience
bamfdetect is commonly used for malware analysis or malware scanning. Target users for this tool are security professionals.
Features
- Command line interface
- JSON output supported
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + The source code of this software is available
Installation
Supported operating systems
Bamfdetect is known to work on Linux.
Dependencies
Several dependencies are required to use bamfdetect.
- pbkdf2
- pefile
- pycrypto
- rarfile
- yara
bamfdetect alternatives
Similar tools to bamfdetect:
MultiScanner
MultiScanner is a modular file scanning and analysis framework. It can be used to scan files and detect malware or other suspicious traces. With the help of the modules, it can be extended to provide more details about a file.
SSMA
There are never enough tools to analyze malware, right? SSMA might be one of those tools that to add to your malware analysis toolbox.
YARA
YARA is a security tool to identify and classify malware samples and often used by malware researchers. Learn how it works in this review.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a Linux malware analysis tool.