New malware document scanner tool released

New malware document scanner tool released : We've recently released our malware document scanner tool called Cryptam (which stands for cryptanalysis of malware) . This system scans document files such as MS Office (.doc/.ppt/.xls), PDF and other document formats for embedded executables whether encrypted or not. As most embedded malware executables use varying lengths of XOR and ROL/ROR obfuscation to evade traditional A/V detection, we focus on the detection of the embedded executable rather than the exploit itself. A typical Cryptam report visually shows three critical pieces of the cryptanalysis done. The first graph shows the count for each ascii character in the file, obvious single byte XOR keys can be seen here. The second graph is the entropy of the file, most documents other than PDFs are very light entropy on legitimate content, and only images or the embedded executables showing as red high entropy sections. The third and final graphic is the XOR dispersion over 102...