Working with malware analysis tools
As a cybersecurity professional, you may be required to perform analysis on suspicious files, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), or even by using the hash values. Many times, a user may scan a file using an anti-malware application and the results will show that the file is benign and not harmful. However, keep in mind that sometimes an anti-malware protection application may not always detect a malicious file or URL to be harmful, and this can be huge concern. Therefore, it's really important to get a second opinion from another malware analysis scanning tool.
Important note
The Cisco Threat Grid is a product from Cisco that is an on-premises malware analysis sandbox.
To gain a better understanding of malware analysis tools, let's take a look at Cisco's Firepower Management Center (FMC). Cisco FMC is integrated in many of Cisco's security appliances and solutions, and this allows a security engineer to gain an overview...
