Static analysis

So, up to this point we've learned tools and tricks for identifying potentially unwanted binaries on our host, we've used various available tools to gather information about our binaries, and we're ready for the next phase of our methodology. Static analysis consists of analyzing a binary when it's not running. We'll use tools to disassemble a binary, which will give us a glimpse of how the binary is interacting with the processor, memory, shared libraries, and other aspects that may benefit our analysis. Static analysis is typically a safe form of analysis because the binary isn't being executed. However, there are some caveats to that in that, sometimes, obfuscation techniques are designed to falsify the output of static analysis techniques and tools. And the tools are only as good as the binary allows. As we'll see in later...