Malware analysis and forensic investigation environments #

Mass Malware Analysis: A Do-It-Yourself Kit - "Theory, practice and a construction manual for an automated analysis station for malware using trivial and free instruments."
Minibis - "Software and tips to easily build up an automated malware analysis station based on a concept introduced in the paper 'Mass Malware Analysis: A Do-It-Yourself Kit'".
REMnux "is a lightweight Linux distribution for assisting malware analysts in reverse-engineering malicious software. The distribution is based on Ubuntu and is maintained by Lenny Zeltser."
SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) Workstation "is a VMware Appliance that is pre-configured with all the necessary tools to perform a detailed digital forensic examination. It is compatible with Expert Witness Format (E01), Advanced Forensic Format (AFF), and raw (dd) evidence formats. The brand new version has been completely rebuilt on an Ubuntu base with many additional tools and capabilities that can match any modern forensic tool suite."

/nix | Jul 09, 2010