The power of REMnux: A Linux Toolkit for Reverse-Engineering and Analyzing Malware

REMnux is a free,lightweight Linux (Ubuntu distribution) toolkit for reverse-engineering malicious software.

REMnux provides the collection of some of the most common and effective tools used for reverse engineering malwares in categories like:

1) Investigate Linux malwares
2) Statically analyse windows executable file
3) Examine File properties and contents
4) Multiple sample processing
5) Memory Snapshot Examination
6) Extract and decode artifacts
7) Examine Documents
8) Browser malware Examination
9) Network utilities

Install REMnux in VMware Workstation or Oracle Virtual Box from (https://remnux.org/). Also download different virus sample from : http://remnux.org/remnux-v4-malware.zip (Password to extract zip : fruits)

Suggested Video tutorials:

1) https://www.sans.org/webcast/recording/citrix/98045/18035
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LzCr9qf5_Q

Since the tutorial doesn't cover all the tools, I would be posting the videos soon to explore every reverse engineering tools in brief.

I have listed tools for different sections below. 

Note : Some of the described tools are not available in REMnux distribution so if you face any difficulty, feel free to download them.

Tool Name	How to Invoke (Basic Command)	Category	Description
VBinDiff	vbindiff	Edit and View Files: Binary	Compare binary files
wxHexEditor	wxHexEditor	Edit and View Files: Binary	Graphical hex editor
XMind	xmind	Edit and View Files: Documents	Mind-mapping tool for organizing thoughts and data
Xpdf	xpdf	Edit and View Files: Documents	PDF viewer
feh	feh	Edit and View FIles: Images	Image viewer
ImageMagick	display	Edit and View Files: Images	Image viewer
SciTE	scite	Edit and view files: Text	Simple, yet powerful text editor
extract_swf	extract_swf.py	Examine Browser Malware: Flash	Extract Flash object from files
RABCDAsm	rabcdasm, abcexport	Examine Browser Malware: Flash	Examine ActionScript from Flash files
SWF Tools	swfdump, swfextract, swfstrings, etc.	Examine Browser Malware: Flash	A toolkit for examining, creating and modifying Flash files
xxxswf	xxxswf.py	Examine Browser Malware: Flash	Extract Flash objects from other files
Jad	jad	Examine Browser Malware: Java	Java Decompiler
Java Cache IDX Parser	idx_parser.py	Examine Browser Malware: Java	Examine Java IDX files
Java Decompiler	jd-gui	Examine Browser Malware: Java	Decompile Java class files
def.js	js -f /usr/local/etc/def.js	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	Library of JavaScript objects commonly defined by a browser or a PDF reader
ExtractScripts	extractscripts	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	Extract JavaScript scripts from an HTML file
Firebug	firefox, F12	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	JavaScript debugger for Firefox
JavaScript Deobfuscator	firefox, Tools, Web Developer, JavaScript Deobfuscator	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	Observe JavaScript scripts being executed by Firefox
JS Beautifier	js-beautify	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	Reformat JavaScript scripts to improve their readability
JSDetox	cd /usr/local/jsdetox && ./jsdetox && firefox http://127.0.0.1:3000	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	Decode obfuscated JavaScript
Rhino Debugger	rhino-debugger	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	Standalone JavaScript debugger
SpiderMonkey	js	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	JavaScript engine from Mozilla
V8	d8	Examine Browser Malware: JavaScript	JavaScript engine from Google
Automater	cd /usr/local/Automater && ./Automater.py	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Look up URL/Domain, IP and MD5 hash details
Burp Proxy Free Edition	burpsuite	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Analyze and interact with websites in a controlled manner
curl	curl	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Command-line tool for retrieving website contents
Firefox	firefox	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Web browser
Malzilla	malzilla	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Analyze suspicious websites and decode JavaScript
mitmproxy	mitmproxy, mitmdump	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Intercept, modify, replay and save HTTP and HTTPS traffic
Network Miner Free Edition	NetworkMiner	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Examine network traffic and carve PCAP capture files
pdnstool	pdnstool	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Perform passive DNS lookups
Thug	cd /usr/local/thug/src && ./thug.py	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Honeyclient for investigating suspicios websites
Tor	tor start	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Tools for directing network traffic through anonymizing proxies
Wget	wget	Examine Browser Malware: Websites	Command-line tool for retrieving website contents
QuickJava	firefox, QJ button	Examine Browser Malware: Websites - Firefox	Toggle Firefox' support for risky web contents
Tamper Data	firefox, Tools, Tamper Data	Examine Browser Malware: Websites - Firefox	View and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers and post parameters.
OfficeMalScanner	OfficeMalScanner	Examine Document Files: Microsoft Office	Examine suspicious Microsoft Office files
officeparser	officeparser.py	Examine Document Files: Microsoft Office	Extract embedded files and macros from office documents
AnalyzePDF	cd /usr/local/AnalyzePDF && ./AnalyzePDF.py	Examine Document Files: PDF	Examine a malicious PDF file
Origami	pdfwalker, pdfextract, pdfcop, etc.	Examine Document Files: PDF	Framework for examining, creating and modifying PDF files
PDF X-RAY Lite	pdfxray_lite	Examine Document Files: PDF	Examine the PDF document structure and contents
pdfid	pdfid	Examine Document Files: PDF	Locate common suspicious artifacts in a PDF file
Pdfobjflow	pdf-parser.py | pdfobjflow.py	Examine Document Files: PDF	Visualizes the output from pdf-parser
pdf-parser	pdf-parser.py	Examine Document Files: PDF	Examine a suspicious PDF file
PDFtk	pdftk	Examine Document Files: PDF	Edit PDF files
peepdf	peepdf	Examine Document Files: PDF	Analyze suspicious PDF files
dism-this	dism-this.py	Examine Document Files: Shellcode	Analyze disassembled data within file objects
sctest	sctest	Examine Document Files: Shellcode	Emulate shellcode execution
unicode2hex-escaped	unicode2hex-escaped	Examine Document Files: Shellcode	Clean up and convert Unicode to hex
unicode2raw	unicode2raw	Examine Document Files: Shellcode	Clean up and convert Unicode to raw
Autorule	cd /usr/local/autorule && ./tester.py	Examine FIle Properties and Contents: Define	Automatically define Yara signatures for a set of files
IOCextractor	IOCextractor	Examine FIle Properties and Contents: Define	Extract IOCs from a text report file
Yara Editor	yara-editor	Examine FIle Properties and Contents: Define	Create and modify Yara rules
YaraGenerator	yaraGenerator.py	Examine FIle Properties and Contents: Define	Generate Yara rules for designated files
Hash Identifier	hash_id	Examine File Properties and Contents: Hashes	Identify the different types of hashes used to encrypt data and especially passwords
nsrllookup	nsrllookup	Examine File Properties and Contents: Hashes	Look up file hashes on an NSRL database server
ssdeep	ssdeep	Examine File Properties and Contents: Hashes	Define and scan for a "fuzzy" signature of a file
totalhash	totalhash.py	Examine File Properties and Contents: Hashes	Look up a suspicious file hash in the totalhash.com database
ClamAV	clamscan	Examine File Properties and Contents: Scan	Clam antivirus engine
ExifTool	exiftool	Examine File Properties and Contents: Scan	Extract file properties
TrID	trid	Examine File Properties and Contents: Scan	Identify file types
Yara	yara	Examine File Properties and Contents: Scan	Scan files and file system for signatures
AESKeyFinder	aeskeyfind	Examine Memory Snapshots	Locate embedded AES keys
findaes	findaes	Examine Memory Snapshots	Locate embedded AES keys
RSAKeyFinder	rsakeyfind	Examine Memory Snapshots	Locate embedded RSA keys
TotalRecall	cd /usr/local/TotalRecall && ./TotalRecall.py	Examine Memory Snapshots	Run popular Volatility commands and generate a report
Volatility Framework	vol	Examine Memory Snapshots	Memory forensics tool and framework
bulk_extractor	bulk_extractor	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Carving	Scan a disk image, a file, or a directory of files and extracts useful information
Foremost	foremost	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Carving	Carve contents of files
Hachoir	hachoir-subfile, hachoir-metadata, hachoir-urwid	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Carving	View, edit and carve contents of various binary file types
pe-carv.py	pe-carv.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Carving	Carve out PE files
Scalpel	scalpel	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Carving	Carve contents of files
Balbuzard	/usr/local/balbuzard/balbuzard.py /usr/local/balbuzard/bbcrack.py /usr/local/balbuzard/bbharvest.py /usr/local/balbuzard/bbtrans.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Extract and decode suspicious patterns from malicious files
brutexor/iheartxor	brutexor.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Bruteforce all possible 1-byte XOR key values and examine the file for strings that might have been encoded with these keys
ex_pe_xor	ex_pe_xor.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Carve out single-byte XOR encoded executables from files
NoMoreXOR	NoMoreXOR.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Guess 256-byte XOR keys by using frequency analysis
unXOR	unxor.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Guess a XOR key via known-plaintext attacks
XORBruteForcer	xorBruteForcer.py	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	implements a XOR bruteforcing of a given file
XORSearch	xorsearch	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Locate and decode strings obfuscated using common techniques
XORStrings	xorstrings	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Locate and decode XOR-obfuscated strings
xortool	xortool	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Locate and deobuscate contents encoded using a multi-byte XOR cipher
xortools	from xortools import rolling_xor	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Deobfuscate	Library for decoding XOR-obfuscated contents
pestr	pestr	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Extract Strings	Extract strings from a PE file
strdeobj	strdeobj	Extract and Decode Artifacts: Extract Strings	Extract and decode strings defined as arrays
Evan's Debugger (EDBB)	edb	Investigate Linux Malware: Debug	Debug EFL binary files
GDB	gdb	Investigate Linux Malware: Debug	A powerful debugger
Sysdig	sysdig	Investigate Linux Malware: System	Track and examine local system activities on a Linux system
Unhide	unhide	Investigate Linux Malware: System	Find local hidden processes or connections on a Linux system
ltrace	ltrace	Investigate Linux Malware: Trace	Trace library calls
strace	strace	Investigate Linux Malware: Trace	Trace system calls and signals
Androwarn	androwarn.py	Misc.	Android static code analyzer
bashhacks	source /usr/local/bashhacks/bashhacks.sh	Misc.	Useful bash shell functions
ProcDOT	procdot	Misc.	Visualize and examine the output of Process Monitor and network sniffer logs
EPIC IRC Client	irc	Network: Misc.	IRC client
Netcat	nc	Network: Misc.	Flexible network client and server
prettyping.sh	pping	Network: Misc.	Ping a host while looking pretty
set-static-ip	set-static-ip	Network: Misc.	Temporarily assign a static IP
stunnel	stunnel	Network: Misc.	SSL encryption wrapper
FakeDNS	fakedns	Network: Services	Respond to DNS queries with a specified IP address
fakeMail	fakemail	Network: Services	Fake mail server that captures emails messages sent through it without retransmitting them
Honeyd	farpd start && honeyd start	Network: Services	Intercept network traffic and emulate common services
INetSim	inetsim	Network: Services	Emulate common network services
Inspire IRCd	ircd start	Network: Services	IRC server
OpenSSH	sshd start	Network: Services	SSH server
Tiny HTTPd	httpd start	Network: Services	A simple web server that supports HTTP
ngrep	ngrep	Network: Sniffing	Sniff the network while looking for patterns that match the specified regular expressions
TCPDump	tcpdump	Network: Sniffing	Command-line network sniffer
tcpick	tcpick	Network: Sniffing	Sniffer that reassembles TCP streams
Wireshark	wireshark	Network: Sniffing	Network sniffer
Maltrieve	maltrieve.py	Process Multiple Samples	Retrieve malware from malicious sites
MASTIFF	mas	Process Multiple Samples
Ragpicker	cd /usr/local/MalwareCrawler/src && ./ragpicker.py	Process Multiple Samples	Plugin based malware crawler with pre-analysis and reporting functionalities
Viper	viper	Process Multiple Samples	Store, classify and investigate suspicious binary files
WIPSTER Installer	/usr/local/sbin/install-wipster	Process Multiple Samples	Install web interface for MASTIFF and other tools
Disass	from disass.Disass32 import Disass32	Python: Library	Binary analysis library for Python
pefile	import pefile	Python: Library	A library for examining PE file contents
PyV8	import PyV8	Python: Library	Python wrapper for Google's V8 JavaScript engine
objdump	objdump	Statically examine PE files: Disassemble Investigate Linux Malware: Disassemble	Disassemble binary files
Udis86	udcli	Statically examine PE files: Disassemble Investigate Linux Malware: Disassemble	Disassemble binary files
Vivisect	vivbin	Statically examine PE files: Disassemble Investigate Linux Malware: Disassemble	Statically examine and emulate binary files
ExeScan	exescan.py	Statically examine PE files: Find Anomalies	Statically examine a PE file and detect suspicious characteristics
Peframe	cd /usr/local/peframe && ./peframe.py	Statically examine PE files: Find Anomalies	Statically examine PE files
pescanner	pescanner	Statically examine PE files: Find Anomalies	Statically examine a PE file
pev	pepack, pescan, pestr, pehash, readpe, etc.	Statically examine PE files: Find Anomalies	PE file analysis toolkit
Signsrch	signsrch	Statically examine PE files: Find Anomalies	Locate common code patterns
RATDecoders	cd /usr/local/RATDecoders && ls	Statically examine PE files: Investigate	Extract and decode configuration details from common RAT samples
Bokken	bokken	Statically examine PE files: Investigate Investigate Linux Malware: Investigate	Interactive static malware analysis tool
Pyew	pyew	Statically examine PE files: Investigate Investigate Linux Malware: Investigate	Statically examine suspicious files
Radare	radare	Statically examine PE files: Investigate Investigate Linux Malware: Investigate Edit and View Files: Binary	the reverse engineering framework
Radare 2	radare2	Statically examine PE files: Investigate Investigate Linux Malware: Investigate Edit and View Files: Binary	Framework for examining binary files
Bytehist	bytehist	Statically examine PE files: Unpacking	Generate byte-usage-histograms for all types of files with a focus PE files
Density Scout	densityscout	Statically examine PE files: Unpacking	Calculates density (like entropy) of files in the specified location, useful for finding packed programs
PackerID	packerid	Statically examine PE files: Unpacking	Help determine which packer was used to protect a PE file
UPX	upx	Statically examine PE files: Unpacking	A popular tool for packing and unpacking executable files

Courtesy: Lenny Zeltser (https://zeltser.com/)
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