memory-forensics
Master memory forensics techniques including memory acquisition, process analysis, and artifact extraction using Volatility and related tools. Use when analyzing memory dumps, investigating incidents, or performing malware analysis from RAM captures.
malware-analyst
Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response. Masters sandbox analysis, behavioral analysis, and malware family identification.
chipsec
Static analysis of UEFI/BIOS firmware dumps using Intel's chipsec framework. Decode firmware structure, detect known malware and rootkits (LoJax, ThinkPwn, HackingTeam, MosaicRegressor), generate EFI executable inventories with hashes, extract NVRAM variables, and parse SPI flash descriptors. Use when analyzing firmware .bin/.rom/.fd/.cap files offline without requiring hardware access.
security-sandbox
Isolated analysis environment management for malware and exploit testing. Create and manage isolated VMs, configure Cuckoo Sandbox, set up REMnux/FlareVM environments, manage Docker-based analysis containers, and capture filesystem and process changes.
full-investigation
Complete Tier 2 investigation workflow. Orchestrates deep investigation of escalated cases: deep-dive-ioc, correlate-ioc, specialized triage (malware/login), pivot-on-ioc, and generate comprehensive report. Use for escalated cases requiring thorough analysis.
respond-malware
Respond to a malware incident following PICERL methodology. Use when malware is detected on endpoints. Orchestrates triage, containment, eradication, and recovery. Works with triage-malware skill for analysis.
analysis-tshark
Network protocol analyzer and packet capture tool for traffic analysis, security investigations, and forensic examination using Wireshark's command-line interface. Use when: (1) Analyzing network traffic for security incidents and malware detection, (2) Capturing and filtering packets for forensic analysis, (3) Extracting credentials and sensitive data from network captures, (4) Investigating network anomalies and attack patterns, (5) Validating encryption and security controls, (6) Performing protocol analysis for vulnerability research.
computer-investigation
Use this skill when asked to investigate a computer, device, endpoint, or machine for security issues, suspicious activity, malware, or compliance review. Triggers on keywords like "investigate computer", "investigate device", "investigate endpoint", "check machine", "device security", "endpoint investigation", or when a device name/hostname is mentioned with investigation context. This skill provides comprehensive device security analysis including Defender alerts, sign-in patterns, logged-on users, vulnerabilities, software inventory, compliance status, network activity, and automated investigation tracking for Entra Joined, Hybrid Joined, and Entra Registered devices.
reverse-engineering-quick-triage
Fast binary analysis with string reconnaissance and static disassembly\ \ (RE Levels 1-2). Use when triaging suspicious binaries, extracting IOCs quickly,\ \ or performing initial malware analysis. Completes in \u22642 hours with automated\ \ decision gates."
memory-forensics
Master memory forensics techniques including memory acquisition, process analysis, and artifact extraction using Volatility and related tools. Use when analyzing memory dumps, investigating incidents, or performing malware analysis from RAM captures.
malware-dynamic-analysis
Execute and monitor malware in controlled sandbox environments. Use when you need to observe runtime behavior, capture network traffic, monitor process activity, analyze file/registry changes, or understand actual malware functionality beyond static analysis. Guides safe execution with Procmon, Wireshark, Process Hacker, Sysmon, and automated sandboxes.
detection-engineer
Create detection rules and hunting queries from malware analysis findings. Use when you need to write Sigma rules for SIEM, Suricata rules for network IDS, defang IOCs for safe sharing, or convert analysis findings into actionable detection content for SOC teams and threat hunters.
malware-report-writer
Professional malware analysis report creation for enterprise malware analysis and incident response. Use when the user needs to create, structure, or improve a malware analysis report, write technical documentation for malware samples, create executive summaries, or format IOCs and detection rules for professional delivery.
specialized-file-analyzer
Analyze specialized file types beyond standard PE executables - .NET assemblies, Office macros, PDFs, PowerShell scripts, JavaScript, archives, and Linux ELF binaries. Use when you encounter documents, scripts, or non-Windows executables that require format-specific analysis tools and techniques.
malware-triage
Systematic malware triage and initial assessment workflow for professional malware analysis. Use when the user needs to perform initial malware assessment, classify samples, determine analysis priority, identify quick indicators, or decide on next analysis steps. Also use for rapid malware identification and threat classification.
threat-report-evaluation
Evaluate threat reports, breach analyses, and IOC reports to search for compromise indicators across LimaCharlie organizations. Extract IOCs (hashes, domains, IPs, file paths), perform IOC searches, identify malicious behaviors, generate LCQL queries, create D&R rules and lookups. Use when investigating threats, APT reports, malware analysis, breach postmortems, or threat intelligence feeds. Emphasizes working ONLY with data from the report and organization, never making assumptions.
malware-analyst
Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response. Masters sandbox analysis, behavioral analysis, and malware family identification. Handles static/dynamic analysis, unpacking, and IOC extraction. Use PROACTIVELY for malware triage, threat hunting, incident response, or security research.
memory-forensics
Master memory forensics techniques including memory acquisition, process analysis, and artifact extraction using Volatility and related tools. Use when analyzing memory dumps, investigating incidents, or performing malware analysis from RAM captures.
analyzing-macro-malware-in-office-documents
Analyzes malicious VBA macros embedded in Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to identify download cradles, payload execution, persistence mechanisms, and anti-analysis techniques. Uses olevba, oledump, and VBA deobfuscation to extract the attack chain. Activates for requests involving Office macro analysis, VBA malware investigation, maldoc analysis, or document-based threat examination.
analyzing-cobalt-strike-beacon-configuration
Extract and analyze Cobalt Strike beacon configuration from PE files and memory dumps to identify C2 infrastructure, malleable profiles, and operator tradecraft.
performing-dynamic-analysis-with-any-run
Performs interactive dynamic malware analysis using the ANY.RUN cloud sandbox to observe real-time execution behavior, interact with malware prompts, and capture process trees, network traffic, and system changes. Activates for requests involving interactive sandbox analysis, cloud-based malware detonation, real-time behavioral observation, or ANY.RUN usage.
performing-malware-triage-with-yara
Performs rapid malware triage and classification using YARA rules to match file patterns, strings, byte sequences, and structural characteristics against known malware families and suspicious indicators. Covers rule writing, scanning, and integration with analysis pipelines. Activates for requests involving YARA rule creation, malware classification, pattern matching, sample triage, or signature-based detection.
investigating-ransomware-attack-artifacts
Identify, collect, and analyze ransomware attack artifacts to determine the variant, initial access vector, encryption scope, and recovery options.
detecting-mobile-malware-behavior
Detects and analyzes malicious behavior in mobile applications through behavioral analysis, permission abuse detection, network traffic monitoring, and dynamic instrumentation. Use when analyzing suspicious mobile applications for data exfiltration, command-and-control communication, credential stealing, SMS interception, or other malware indicators. Activates for requests involving mobile malware analysis, app behavior monitoring, trojan detection, or suspicious app investigation.
extracting-config-from-agent-tesla-rat
Extract embedded configuration from Agent Tesla RAT samples including SMTP/FTP/Telegram exfiltration credentials, keylogger settings, and C2 endpoints using .NET decompilation and memory analysis.
analyzing-linux-elf-malware
Analyzes malicious Linux ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binaries including botnets, cryptominers, ransomware, and rootkits targeting Linux servers, containers, and cloud infrastructure. Covers static analysis, dynamic tracing, and reverse engineering of x86_64 and ARM ELF samples. Activates for requests involving Linux malware analysis, ELF binary investigation, Linux server compromise assessment, or container malware analysis.
analyzing-malware-family-relationships-with-malpedia
Use the Malpedia platform and API to research malware family relationships, track variant evolution, link families to threat actors, and integrate YARA rules for detection across malware lineages.
deobfuscating-powershell-obfuscated-malware
Systematically deobfuscate multi-layer PowerShell malware using AST analysis, dynamic tracing, and tools like PSDecode and PowerDecode to reveal hidden payloads and C2 infrastructure.
detecting-process-injection-techniques
Detects and analyzes process injection techniques used by malware including classic DLL injection, process hollowing, APC injection, thread hijacking, and reflective loading. Uses memory forensics, API monitoring, and behavioral analysis to identify injection artifacts. Activates for requests involving process injection detection, code injection analysis, hollowed process investigation, or in-memory threat detection.
performing-static-malware-analysis-with-pe-studio
Performs static analysis of Windows PE (Portable Executable) malware samples using PEStudio to examine file headers, imports, strings, resources, and indicators without executing the binary. Identifies suspicious characteristics including packing, anti-analysis techniques, and malicious imports. Activates for requests involving static malware analysis, PE file inspection, Windows executable analysis, or pre-execution malware triage.
detecting-fileless-malware-techniques
Detects and analyzes fileless malware that operates entirely in memory using PowerShell, WMI, .NET reflection, registry-resident payloads, and living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins) without writing traditional executable files to disk. Activates for requests involving fileless threat detection, in-memory malware investigation, LOLBin abuse analysis, or WMI persistence examination.
analyzing-packed-malware-with-upx-unpacker
Identifies and unpacks UPX-packed and other packed malware samples to expose the original executable code for static analysis. Covers both standard UPX unpacking and handling modified UPX headers that prevent automated decompression. Activates for requests involving malware unpacking, UPX decompression, packer removal, or preparing packed samples for analysis.
reverse-engineering-rust-malware
Reverse engineer Rust-compiled malware using IDA Pro and Ghidra with techniques for handling non-null-terminated strings, crate dependency extraction, and Rust-specific control flow analysis.
analyzing-malware-persistence-with-autoruns
Use Sysinternals Autoruns to systematically identify and analyze malware persistence mechanisms across registry keys, scheduled tasks, services, drivers, and startup locations on Windows systems.
conducting-malware-incident-response
Responds to malware infections across enterprise endpoints by identifying the malware family, determining infection vectors, assessing spread, and executing eradication procedures. Covers the full lifecycle from detection through containment, analysis, removal, and recovery. Activates for requests involving malware response, malware eradication, trojan removal, worm containment, malware triage, or infected endpoint remediation.
analyzing-supply-chain-malware-artifacts
Investigate supply chain attack artifacts including trojanized software updates, compromised build pipelines, and sideloaded dependencies to identify intrusion vectors and scope of compromise.
analyzing-network-covert-channels-in-malware
Detect and analyze covert communication channels used by malware including DNS tunneling, ICMP exfiltration, steganographic HTTP, and protocol abuse for C2 and data exfiltration.
analyzing-malware-behavior-with-cuckoo-sandbox
Executes malware samples in Cuckoo Sandbox to observe runtime behavior including process creation, file system modifications, registry changes, network communications, and API calls. Generates comprehensive behavioral reports for malware classification and IOC extraction. Activates for requests involving dynamic malware analysis, sandbox detonation, behavioral analysis, or automated malware execution.
deobfuscating-javascript-malware
Deobfuscates malicious JavaScript code used in web-based attacks, phishing pages, and dropper scripts by reversing encoding layers, eval chains, string manipulation, and control flow obfuscation to reveal the original malicious logic. Activates for requests involving JavaScript malware analysis, script deobfuscation, web skimmer analysis, or obfuscated dropper investigation.
performing-memory-forensics-with-volatility3-plugins
Analyze memory dumps using Volatility3 plugins to detect injected code, rootkits, credential theft, and malware artifacts in Windows, Linux, and macOS memory images.
building-automated-malware-submission-pipeline
Builds an automated malware submission and analysis pipeline that collects suspicious files from endpoints and email gateways, submits them to sandbox environments and multi-engine scanners, and generates verdicts with IOCs for SIEM integration. Use when SOC teams need to scale malware analysis beyond manual sandbox submissions for high-volume alert triage.
performing-memory-forensics-with-volatility3
Analyze volatile memory dumps using Volatility 3 to extract running processes, network connections, loaded modules, and evidence of malicious activity.
analyzing-golang-malware-with-ghidra
Reverse engineer Go-compiled malware using Ghidra with specialized scripts for function recovery, string extraction, and type reconstruction in stripped Go binaries.
reverse-engineering-android-malware-with-jadx
Reverse engineers malicious Android APK files using JADX decompiler to analyze Java/Kotlin source code, identify malicious functionality including data theft, C2 communication, privilege escalation, and overlay attacks. Examines manifest permissions, receivers, services, and native libraries. Activates for requests involving Android malware analysis, APK reverse engineering, mobile malware investigation, or Android threat analysis.
analyzing-ransomware-encryption-mechanisms
Analyzes encryption algorithms, key management, and file encryption routines used by ransomware families to assess decryption feasibility, identify implementation weaknesses, and support recovery efforts. Covers AES, RSA, ChaCha20, and hybrid encryption schemes. Activates for requests involving ransomware cryptanalysis, encryption analysis, key recovery assessment, or ransomware decryption feasibility.
performing-malware-hash-enrichment-with-virustotal
Enrich malware file hashes using the VirusTotal API to retrieve detection rates, behavioral analysis, YARA matches, and contextual threat intelligence for incident triage and IOC validation.
analyzing-command-and-control-communication
Analyzes malware command-and-control (C2) communication protocols to understand beacon patterns, command structures, data encoding, and infrastructure. Covers HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, and custom protocol C2 analysis for detection development and threat intelligence. Activates for requests involving C2 analysis, beacon detection, C2 protocol reverse engineering, or command-and-control infrastructure mapping.
conducting-memory-forensics-with-volatility
Performs memory forensics analysis using Volatility 3 to extract evidence of malware execution, process injection, network connections, and credential theft from RAM dumps captured during incident response. Covers memory acquisition, process analysis, DLL inspection, and malware detection. Activates for requests involving memory forensics, RAM analysis, Volatility framework, memory dump investigation, volatile evidence analysis, or live memory acquisition.