How to Create a Sandbox Environment (for Malware Analysis)

Working with malware is quite similar to analyzing dangerous pathogens — without proper security measures, your sample could escape and cause a potentially harmful infection. That’s why malware hunters utilize sandboxes — isolated environments where you can safely work with malware. Today, we’ll guide you through all the steps of creating a malware sandbox.

ANY.RUN is a cloud interactive malware sandbox 

(Spoiler: you use ANY.RUN to replace a local setup in 95% of cases) 

Why do you need a sandbox …

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