Cyber security

Capa v7.3.0 – Enhanced Malware Analysis With VMRay Integration, Ghidra Support, And New Capa Rules Website

The v7.3.0 capa release comes with the following three major enhancements:

1. Support For VMRay Sandbox Analysis Archives

Unlock powerful malware analysis with capa’s new VMRay sandbox integration! Simply provide a VMRay analysis archive, and capa will automatically extract and match capabilities to streamline your workflow.

This is the second support for the analysis of dynamic analysis results after CAPE.

2. Support For BinExport Files Generated By Ghidra

BinExport files store disassembled data into a Protocol Buffer format. capa now supports the analysis of BinExport files generated by Ghidra.

Using Ghidra and the BinExport file format users can now analyze ARM (AARCH64) ELF files targeting Android.

3. Introducing The Capa Rules Website

You can now browse capa’s default rule set at. In modern terminals the CLI capa tool hyperlinks to resources on the web, including entries on the capa rules website.
Furthermore, provides a landing page for the capa tool project.

Additional Updates

  • capa Explorer Web received several enhancements and bug fixes.
  • Support for the IDA Pro 9.0 IDAPython API while keeping compatibility to older IDA Pro versions
  • Six rules have been added and two rules have been updated

Thanks to @r-sm2024 for their contribution in #2155 and their further work. And of course a big thanks to the community for reporting issues, participating in discussions, and supporting the capa tool and capa rules.

New Features

  • regenerate ruleset cache automatically on source change (only in dev mode) #2133 @s-ff
  • add landing page
  • add rules website@DeeyaSingh #2310
  • add .justfile @williballenthin #2325
  • dynamic: add support for VMRay dynamic sandbox traces #2208 @mike-hunhoff @r-sm2024 @mr-tz
  • cli: use modern terminal features to hyperlink to the rules website #2337 @williballenthin
  • support analyzing BinExport2 files generated by Ghidra #1950 @williballenthin @mehunhoff @mr-tz
  • add support for Android OS #1950 @williballenthin @mehunhoff @mr-tz
  • add support for aarch64 architecture via BinExport2 backend #1950 @williballenthin @mehunhoff @mr-tz
Varshini

Varshini is a Cyber Security expert in Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, and Research. Passionate about staying ahead of emerging Threats and Technologies.

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