Case Study: Urgent Malware Analysis and Reporting on Demand
The Client
The client is a leading anti-virus software vendor with world-wide sales.
The Problem
Corporate and VIP users of the client antivirus products, when encounter malicious programs in corporate networks and personal computers would like to:
- delete malware ASAP
- cure some files when needed
- know all details about malware spy/destructive capabilities (like <malware> was able to access file system or not); define new/fresh/not yet detected by an-tivirus samples that might be downloaded to PC/Network
- other information/advices of the located threat for system administrators to perform necessary actions to improve security.
The Engagement
- Design and Test Lab set up a dedicated team of five reverse engineering analysts.
- Created an online ticketing system to track request and results from the client.
- Set up a weekly reporting cycle via emails and one-on-one phone calls.
Benefits and Results
- Design and Test Lab applied its reverse engineering experience to create exhaustive written descriptions for malware samples, including: ways of infection, payload, and compromised applications.
- Customers minimized security risks due to exact and prompt information about the treats.
- The dedicated team processes over 300 requests with malware samples per month.
- Most of the requests are processed within 1-2 business days.
- Look at exemplary reports: totalmalwareinfo.com.
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