avast / avast/retdec

Add detection of packers based on entropy

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Description

Currently, packers can be detected only by YARA rules or heuristics implemented in cpdetect.
Deciding whether binary is packed can be improved by considering entropy of input binary.

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing YARA-based detection and the heuristics implemented in cpdetect. Determine how entropy from the input binary could complement those mechanisms, and consider the work complete when packed-binary detection demonstrably uses entropy alongside the current approaches.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
reverse-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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