Unpacking the Potential of “Packing Box”
Elevating Cybersecurity Research with Advanced Packing Analysis Tools
In the rapidly evolving world of cybersecurity, the “Packing Box” toolkit emerges as a groundbreaking tool.
Developed by a team led by Alexandre D’Hondt, including Charles-Henry Bertrand Van Ouytsel and Axel Legay, this Docker image offers a new perspective in executable packing analysis, a critical aspect of malware research.
Packing Box was notably presented at the Black Hat Arsenal Europe 2023.
This event, a renowned platform for cybersecurity advancements, provided a significant stage for showcasing the toolkit’s capabilities
Understanding Packing
Executable packing, a key focus of the ‘Packing Box’ toolkit, is a process that compresses or encrypts an executable file (i.e for obfuscation). This technique, initially developed for legitimate purposes like reducing file size and protecting software from piracy, has been adopted by malware authors for more sinister reasons. In the context of malware, packing is primarily used for obfuscation — to make reverse engineering more difficult and to evade antivirus detection.
