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DEF CON CTF Finals: An Inside View

Hello everyone, My name is Tobias Scharnowski (@ScepticCtf). I’m a student employee at VMRay and a member of FluxFingers, the official Capture the Flag (CTF) team at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), supported by VMRay and also part of the German team, Sauercloud. This August, my FluxFingers teammates and I traveled
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How to Use Interactive Malware Analysis with VMRay Analyzer

[Editor’s Note: This post was updated on May 19th, 2020] In the daily war against malware authors, incident response teams (CIRTs) need a comprehensive yet versatile sandbox as part of their automated malware analysis process. This provides the performance, scalability, and accuracy needed to handle the onslaught of malware-related threats.
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Forgotten MS Office Features Used to Deliver Malware

According to Microsoft’s 2016 Threat Intelligence Report, 98% of Office-targeted threats use macros. So, shouldn’t we just focus our efforts on detecting threats that leverage macros? Of course not. Attackers will constantly innovate. Finding ways to bypass existing security solutions and making malware easy to execute are top of mind
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VMRay Analyzer v2.3: Pairing Superior Performance with Exceptional Detection Efficacy

At the core of VMRay Analyzer is our dynamic analysis engine. Built on an agentless hypervisor-based approach, it delivers unparalleled detection efficacy and evasion resistance. In Version 2.0, we added a rapid reputation engine allowing malware analysts and incident response (DFIR) professionals to quickly identify not only known threats but
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How Parallel Lives Converged to Create VMRay

In hindsight, it looks like Carsten Willems and Ralf Hund, the co-founders of VMRay, were destined to follow the same path for an extended period in their lives. Since first meeting in 2007, they have studied alongside each other, collaborated on groundbreaking research, started a company (VMRay), based in their
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The Evolution of GandCrab Ransomware

[Editor’s Note: This post was updated on July 9th, 2018 with analysis of Gandcrab v4] Like legitimate commercial software, commercial malware also needs a viable business model. For ransomware, the most popular business model is now Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). RaaS focuses on selling ransomware as an easy-to-use service, opening up a
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Beyond the EU, GDPR Creates New Risks and Obligations

At the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, I spent a good deal of time meeting with VMRay partners to discuss their preparations for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The regulation, which takes effect on May 25, creates a new framework for safeguarding the personal data and privacy rights
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Risky Business Podcast: VMRay Analyzer 2.2’s Unparalleled Usability & Seamless High-Volume Analysis

VMRay’s agentless hypervisor-based analyzer was featured on the latest Snake Oilers episode of the Risky Business podcast. I spoke to host Patrick Gray about the guiding philosophy for VMRay Analyzer 2.2: to deliver unparalleled usability and effectiveness for all DFIR specialists and malware analysts, regardless of skill level. We also
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VMRay Malware Analysis Report Recap – February 2018

Welcome to the VMRay Malware Analysis Report Recap. Every month our Research Team provides a recap of the malware analysis reports posted to the VMRay Twitter account. This past February, our team analyzed Black Ruby ransomware, Cobalt Strike Beacon and a Javascript file attempting to detect VMs via the registry.

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VMRay Analyzer 2.2 – An Improved User Experience for Malware Analysts and Incident Responders

VMRay Analyzer 2.2 – An Improved User Experience for Malware Analysts and Incident Responders

At VMRay, our underlying malware detection and analysis technology clearly sets us apart from the competition. With the release of VMRay Analyzer 2.2, we’ve focused on: improving the user experience enhancing our detection efficacy and providing more valuable threat intelligence to malware analysts and incident responders. The latest release has
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