Yara and Python: The Malware Detection Dynamic Duo mjg ( Michael Goffin) Carolina Con 7

Malware attacks are growing rapidly with no end in sight. People all over are doing what they can to classify and detect these attacks as quickly as possible. Malware researchers are using every tool at their disposal to mine as much data as possible about these attacks and their usage. One such tool is Yara. I ll go over what Yara is, what it can do for you, how to leverage Python to do it, and an example of malware classification and detection.