Description
Malware analysis is the process of understanding the behavior and purpose of a suspicious file or URL. The output of the analysis aids in the detection and mitigation of the potential threat.
The key benefit of malware analysis is that it helps incident responders and security analysts:
- Pragmatically triage incidents by level of severity
- Uncover hidden indicators of compromise (IOCs) that should be blocked
- Improve the efficacy of IOC alerts and notifications
- Enrich context when threat hunting