14 DAY TRIAL // The hard-working developers behind the REMnux Linux distribution, an Ubuntu derivative that promises a lightweight solution for assisting malware analysis with reverse-engineering malicious software, have announced the release of REMnux 6.0.
According to the release notes, REMnux 6.0 Linux is here to update almost all of its great software collection of tools that help you analyze malware, and introduces various new and useful utilities that will elevate the distribution to a whole new level.
Among the new tools that have been added in REMnux 6.0, we can mention pedump, readpe.py, virustotal-tools, Nginx, VolDiff, Rule Editor, Rekall, m2elf, Yara Rules, OfficeDissector MASTIFF plugins, Docker, AndroGuard, vtTool, oletools, libolecf, tcpflow, passive.py, CapTipper, oledump, CFR, and update-remnux.
"I’m excited to announce the v6 release of the REMnux distro, which helps analysts examine malware using free utilities in a Linux environment. REMnux v6 updates the tools that were present in the earlier revisions of the distro and introduces several new ones. Moreover, it implements major architectural changes behind the scenes to allow REMnux users to easily apply future updates without having to download the full REMnux environment from scratch," reads today's announcement.
Several new libraries are now included in REMnux Linux
In addition to the new apps mentioned above, REMnux 6.0 Linux comes with a great set of new libraries that allow software developers to build brand-new malware analysis utilities and tasks. Among these, we can mention IOC Writer, Cybox, diStorm3, Capstone, pylibemu, Yara Library, olefile, PyV8, pyssdeep, pyexiftool, OfficeDissector, pdns, and Javassist.
Last but not least, the REMnux 6.0 boasts an updated architecture that has been designed from the ground up to offer convenient updates while maintaining its look and feel for early adopters of the distribution. The new release is based on the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) 64-bit operating system from Canonical, as well as the Debian GNU/Linux repositories. Download REMnux 6.0 right now from Softpedia.