What is Reverse Engineering?

Reverse engineering process involves dismantling an object to see how it works. Analyzing and understanding how something works is primarily the purpose of this process, but it is also often used to copy and enhance objects. Reverse engineering can be used on many things, including software, physical machines, military technology, and even biological functions.

It consists of 3 process steps

1- Information Extraction
2- Modeling
3- Review

Malware Reverse Engineering Challenges

It is more likely that the decompiler will generate obfuscated code or that the disassembler will malfunction as malicious programs get more complicated. Therefore, it takes extra time for reversers to comprehend the disassembled or decompiled code. And during this period, a network may be experiencing damage from the infection. As a result, dynamic malware analysis is receiving more attention. A closed system (sometimes referred to as a sandbox) is essential for dynamic malware analysis because it allows you to run the malicious program in a safe environment while you wait to see what it does.

About the Sandbox Technology

Sandboxes are systems for malware detection that run suspicious objects in a virtual machine to analyze the object’s behavior. If the object performs malicious actions, the sandbox detects it as malware.

Sandboxes analyze the behavior of an object as it executes, which makes them effective against malware that escapes static analysis. At the same time, compared to other behavior analysis designs, a sandbox is safer as it doesn’t risk running a suspicious object in the real business infrastructure.

Using a sandbox for dynamic analysis has several advantages but also some drawbacks. For instance, many of the most advanced malicious programs employ evasion strategies to recognize when they are inside a sandbox.

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