CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

Leonardo De La RosaInstitute for Financial Services Analytics

University of Delaware

Cuckoo Sandbox

CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

Cuckoo Sandbox• Automated malware analysis system.

• Uses virtualization and supports Bare-metal environments.

• Analyzes different malicious files.

• Python based. Easy to customize.

CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

• Trace API calls.

• Generate Behavioral profile and signatures.

• Dump and analyze Network Traffic.

• Capture file dumps.

• Take screenshots during execution of the analysis.

What Cuckoo can do

CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

Cuckoo’s Architecture

Cuckoo host

Analysis Guests

Bare-metal System

Virtual Environment

CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

Execution Flow

Submit a Task

Launch Virtual

MachineExecute Malware

Log Results

Generate Reports

CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

Drawbacks• Malware checks for virtualization software:

Ø Registry keys.Ø Devices (CD-ROM, HDD).Ø Background processes.Ø IP addresses.

• Evasive techniques:

Ø Time triggers.Ø Extended sleep.Ø User interaction.

CISC 850 : Cyber Analytics

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