Use Sysinternals Autoruns to systematically identify and analyze malware persistence mechanisms across registry keys, scheduled tasks, services, drivers, and startup locations on Windows systems.

Use the Malpedia platform and API to research malware family relationships, track variant evolution, link families to threat actors, and integrate YARA rules for detection across malware lineages.

Executes malware samples in Cuckoo Sandbox to observe runtime behavior including process creation, file system modifications, registry changes, network communications, and API calls. Generates comprehensive behavioral reports for malware classification and IOC extraction. Activates for requests involving dynamic malware analysis, sandbox detonation, behavioral analysis, or automated malware execution.

URLScan.io is a free service for scanning and analyzing suspicious URLs. It captures screenshots, DOM content, HTTP transactions, JavaScript behavior, and network connections of web pages in an isolat

Perform static analysis of malicious PDF documents using peepdf, pdfid, and pdf-parser to extract embedded JavaScript, shellcode, and suspicious objects.

Analyzes malicious VBA macros embedded in Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to identify download cradles, payload execution, persistence mechanisms, and anti-analysis techniques. Uses olevba, oledump, and VBA deobfuscation to extract the attack chain. Activates for requests involving Office macro analysis, VBA malware investigation, maldoc analysis, or document-based threat examination.

Analyze Windows LNK shortcut files and Jump List artifacts to establish evidence of file access, program execution, and user activity using LECmd, JLECmd, and manual binary parsing of the Shell Link Binary format.

Examine Linux system artifacts including auth logs, cron jobs, shell history, and system configuration to uncover evidence of compromise or unauthorized activity.

Detect kernel-level rootkits in Linux memory dumps using Volatility3 linux plugins (check_syscall, lsmod, hidden_modules), rkhunter system scanning, and /proc vs /sys discrepancy analysis to identify hooked syscalls, hidden kernel modules, and tampered system structures.

Analyzes malicious Linux ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binaries including botnets, cryptominers, ransomware, and rootkits targeting Linux servers, containers, and cloud infrastructure. Covers static analysis, dynamic tracing, and reverse engineering of x86_64 and ARM ELF samples. Activates for requests involving Linux malware analysis, ELF binary investigation, Linux server compromise assessment, or container malware analysis.

Uses the Linux Audit framework (auditd) with ausearch and aureport utilities to detect intrusion attempts, unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and suspicious system activity. Covers audit rule configuration, log querying, timeline reconstruction, and integration with SIEM platforms. Activates for requests involving auditd analysis, Linux audit log investigation, ausearch queries, aureport summaries, or host-based intrusion detection on Linux.

Parses Kubernetes API server audit logs (JSON lines) to detect exec-into-pod, secret access, RBAC modifications, privileged pod creation, and anonymous API access. Builds threat detection rules from audit event patterns. Use when investigating Kubernetes cluster compromise or building k8s-specific SIEM detection rules.

Performs runtime mobile security exploration of iOS applications using Objection, a Frida-powered toolkit that enables security testers to interact with app internals without jailbreaking. Use when assessing iOS app security posture, bypassing client-side protections, dumping keychain items, inspecting filesystem storage, and evaluating runtime behavior. Activates for requests involving iOS security testing, Objection runtime analysis, Frida-based iOS assessment, or mobile runtime exploration.

Analyzes indicators of compromise (IOCs) including IP addresses, domains, file hashes, URLs, and email artifacts to determine maliciousness confidence, campaign attribution, and blocking priority. Use when triaging IOCs from phishing emails, security alerts, or external threat feeds; enriching raw IOCs with multi-source intelligence; or making block/monitor/whitelist decisions. Activates for requests involving VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, MalwareBazaar, MISP, or IOC enrichment pipelines.

Detect and analyze heap spray attacks in memory dumps using Volatility3 plugins to identify NOP sled patterns, shellcode landing zones, and suspicious large allocations in process virtual address space.

Reverse engineer Go-compiled malware using Ghidra with specialized scripts for function recovery, string extraction, and type reconstruction in stripped Go binaries.

Perform static and symbolic analysis of Solidity smart contracts using Slither and Mythril to detect reentrancy, integer overflow, access control, and other vulnerability classes before deployment to Ethereum mainnet.

Parse and analyze email headers to trace the origin of phishing emails, verify sender authenticity, and identify spoofing through SPF, DKIM, and DMARC validation.

Investigate compromised Docker containers by analyzing images, layers, volumes, logs, and runtime artifacts to identify malicious activity and evidence.

Analyzes DNS query logs to detect data exfiltration via DNS tunneling, DGA domain communication, and covert C2 channels using entropy analysis, query volume anomalies, and subdomain length detection in SIEM platforms. Use when SOC teams need to identify DNS-based threats that bypass traditional network security controls.

Perform comprehensive forensic analysis of disk images using Autopsy to recover files, examine artifacts, and build investigation timelines.

Analyzes intrusion activity against the Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain framework to identify which phases an adversary has completed, where defenses succeeded or failed, and what controls would have interrupted the attack at earlier phases. Use when conducting post-incident analysis, building prevention-focused security controls, or mapping detection gaps to kill chain phases. Activates for requests involving kill chain analysis, intrusion kill chain, attack phase mapping, or Lockheed Martin kill chain framework.

Analyzes malware command-and-control (C2) communication protocols to understand beacon patterns, command structures, data encoding, and infrastructure. Covers HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, and custom protocol C2 analysis for detection development and threat intelligence. Activates for requests involving C2 analysis, beacon detection, C2 protocol reverse engineering, or command-and-control infrastructure mapping.

Parse and analyze Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 profiles using dissect.cobaltstrike and pyMalleableC2 to extract C2 indicators, detect evasion techniques, and generate network detection signatures.