The Honeynet Project Releases New Tool: Cuckoo

Here is another tool release from The Honeynet Project: Cuckoo Box by Claudio Guarnieri. Cuckoo is a binary analysis sandbox, designed and developed with the general purpose of automating the analysis of malware. Read more about the tool here, grab the tool here – but please read detailed setup guide here (make sure to read it!). BTW, this tool is really well-documented, so make use of it before deploying it.

Cuckoo is a lightweight solution that performs automated dynamic analysis of provided Windows binaries. It is able to return comprehensive reports on key API calls and network activity. Current features are:

• Retrieve files from remote URLs and analyze them.
• Trace relevant API calls for behavioral analysis.
• Recursively monitor newly spawned processes.
• Dump generated network traffic.
• Run concurrent analysis on multiple machines.
• Support custom analysis package based on AutoIt3 scripting.
• Intercept downloaded and deleted files.
• Take screenshots during runtime.

Please try the tool and send the feedback to the author – or sign up for a mailing list devoted to this tool here.