malware-analysis-methodology

malware-analysis-methodology is a skill for Claude Code from HermeticOrmus/LibreSecOps-Claude-Code. It costs 65 tokens per session (1,876 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A defensive workflow for analysing suspected malware, starting with safe file checks and moving through static analysis, controlled execution, and reporting. Static analysis examines a file without running it; dynamic analysis observes its behaviour while it runs in an isolated environment.

In plain words
What is it for?
Identifying files, generating hashes, extracting strings and indicators, examining executable structure, investigating behaviour, and writing analysis reports.
Why use it?
It gives analysts a structured way to learn as much as possible from safer checks before taking the risks of execution.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the malware-analysis plugin — 2 skills, 2 commands, 2 agents shipped together

Good fit Identifying files, generating hashes, extracting strings and indicators, examining executable structure, investigating behaviour, and writing analysis reports.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code/malware-analysis-methodology
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add HermeticOrmus/LibreSecOps-Claude-Code --skill malware-analysis-methodology
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HermeticOrmus/LibreSecOps-Claude-Code

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install malware-analysis, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 skills, 2 commands, 2 agents.

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Per session 65 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,876 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00065 $0.01876
Opus 5.5 $0.00026 $0.00750
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00375
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00188

Measured 12d ago against content hash ada95324490d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

malware-analysis-methodology scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/malware-analysis/skills/malware-analysis-methodology/SKILL.md · 144 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 144 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Malware Analysis Methodology

Complete reference for the defensive malware analysis workflow, from safe handling and triage through static analysis, dynamic analysis, and reporting.

Knowledge Base

Analysis Phases

Malware analysis follows a structured progression from least-interactive to most-interactive techniques. Each phase builds on the previous, and analysts should extract maximum value from safer (non-execution) methods before moving to dynamic analysis.

Phase 1: Triage (5-15 minutes)

  • File type identification via magic bytes (file command, not extension)
  • Hash generation (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, ssdeep)
  • Reputation lookups (VirusTotal, MalwareBazaar, CIRCL hashlookup)
  • Quick string scan for obvious indicators
  • Decision: known malware (skip to IOC extraction) vs unknown (proceed to Phase 2)

Phase 2: Static Analysis (30 minutes - several hours)

  • String extraction: ASCII, Unicode, stack strings (FLOSS), encoded strings
  • PE/ELF header analysis: compile timestamp, sections, imports/exports
  • Entropy analysis: per-section entropy to detect packing/encryption
  • Import analysis: categorize API calls by function (network, file, process, crypto, registry)
  • Resource analysis: embedded files, icons, version info, manifests
  • Packer/compiler identification: signature matching, heuristic detection
  • Disassembly: function identification, control flow, key routines
  • Decompilation: pseudo-code review for high-level logic understanding

Phase 3: Dynamic Analysis (1-4 hours)

  • Environment preparation: isolated VM/sandbox, network simulation, monitoring tools
  • Execution monitoring: process creation, API calls, file/registry activity
  • Network capture: DNS requests, HTTP/HTTPS traffic, raw connections
  • Memory analysis: dumping unpacked payloads, injected code, credentials
  • Behavioral profiling: persistence installation, lateral movement attempts, data collection

Phase 4: Reporting and IOC Extraction

  • MITRE ATT&CK technique mapping
  • IOC extraction and categorization
  • Detection signature creation (YARA, Snort/Suricata, Sigma)
  • Analyst report (technical) and executive summary

Read the full file on GitHub · 144 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 12d ago Changed · +5 lines · +65 tokens per session ada95324490d
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 139 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 499535589ee7

Subscribe to this mod's changes

malware-analysis-methodology is a skill published in the GitHub repository HermeticOrmus/LibreSecOps-Claude-Code (4 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 65 tokens to every session and 1,876 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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