yara-memory-hunting

What problem does it solve?

Manually sifting through large memory images to identify malicious artifacts, malware families, and indicators of compromise is time-consuming and error-prone for digital forensics and incident response teams. This skill automates and streamlines that process using targeted YARA scanning.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Scoped YARA Scanning: Run rules against full memory images or individual suspect processes to reduce noise and speed up analysis.
• Rule Set Flexibility: Use community-maintained packs for commodity C2 and malware, or create custom inline rules for triage-derived indicators.
• Pivot Workflow: Follow up confirmed hits with Volatility commands to analyze injected regions, mapped modules, and extract additional IoCs for further investigation. Use case: For example, if you identify a suspicious process during incident triage, use this skill to run a targeted YARA scan against that process's memory to confirm if it is a known Cobalt Strike beacon, then pivot to extract associated configuration and network indicators.

Quick Start

Use the yara-memory-hunting skill to scan the provided memory image for known C2 framework artifacts and triage any confirmed hits.