mandiant / mandiant/capa-rules

derive capa rules from yara-rules capabilities

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Description

derive capa rules from the yara rules here: https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules/blob/master/capabilities/capabilities.yar

there'll be some overlap with what capa already has today. and it will require some parsing of the yara rule. but it may be a quick way to incorporate some important capabilities/techniques.

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked capabilities/capabilities.yar file and comparing its rules with the capabilities capa already provides. Determine which capabilities are missing, how the YARA rules should be parsed, and what output or tests would demonstrate that the derived rules are complete without duplicating existing ones.

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Assessment

Domain
reverse-engineering, security
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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