What is a sandbox environment and what is it used for?

In cybersecurity, a sandbox environment is a secure, isolated testing space where you can run and analyze software, including potentially malicious code, without risking harm to the main network or system.  

Researchers run suspicious programs and URLs and watch out for if the code replicates itself, tries to contact a C2, drops additional payloads and so on. All in a controlled setting, separate from live production environments — like a jar for growing a viral culture in a laboratory. 

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