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Zynap’s Next-Gen Sandbox Redefines Automatic Malware Analysis

By Óscar Gallego Sendín

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We Don’t See the Spots Where There Are No Cameras

In simple terms, a hook is like placing a “sensor” on certain operating system functions: every time the malware calls that function, the sensor records the action. This allows us to observe what the malware does without having to perform a manual line-by-line analysis.

In The Trap (1999), the protagonist avoids the alarms by sliding with millimeter precision between the laser beams of the sensors

The main problem is that malware activity is only captured when it calls specific functions where hooks have been placed. This means that any action the malware executes through unmonitored APIs…

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