Plague Scanner: Security researcher Robert Simmons has developed a tool that offers a new level of security in the battle with malware, offering multiple binary analysis.
The "Plague ScannerIs a free anti-virus framework - a tool that uses multiple anti-virus scanners in parallel - and is the only free alternative to commercial online frameworks or systems.
It can help them businesses to analyze malware that contains potentially sensitive corporate information, or black hats to test their products without exposing them to traditional web public services like VirusTotal.
Simmons reports that on-premise multiple antivirus scanners είναι εξαιρετικά δαπανηρές λύσεις. Ειδικά αν απευθύνονται και except of the range of small and medium enterprises, to independent researchers, and probably black hats.
“You have an unknown binary of one company that an employee fell victim to phishing. You could look at it in your company without it getting out,” Simmons says
"Binary can have as many AV scans as possible. My goal is to have all the AV scanners and have them all. ”
The Plague Scanner works with any antivirus engine, including those running on open source, Linux, Windows, and even GUI-based.
The system could be a great gift for black and white hats as it will help them control their malware against anti-virus systems without the risk of malware being exposed through online antiVirus services.
The Plague Scanner is written in Python.
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